Umlando wezithunywa zevangeli eNew Spain kusobala ukuthi uqale ngokufika kwabaseYurophu eNew Spain. Ngomqondo oqinile, igama elithi mission lisho umsebenzi obekufanele bawenze njengengxenye yokuzibophezela noma umsebenzi ababelwe wona.
Esimweni esikhulu saseMexico, ukuthunywa kwama-friars kwakunzima kakhulu: ukuguqukela ebuKristwini kwezinkulungwane zabantu bomdabu ngendlela yekhathekisimu, ngaphakathi kohlelo olukhulu oluqale lwavumela imiyalo yenkolo esanda kufika yamaKristu ukusabalalisa ezifundeni lapho babekhona kuphuthuma kakhulu ukwenza umsebenzi wobuvangeli. Kuma-friar, insimu yayinabile, ingaziwa futhi ezimweni eziningi yayinendle futhi ingenabuntu, ngaphezu kokumelana namaqembu omdabu enqaba ukuwamukela, imfundiso yawo kanye nabanqobi ngokufanayo. Kulokhu kumele kungezwe ubunzima obukhulu abapristi ababenabo ekufundeni ulimi lwezifunda ezahlukahlukene okwakumele basebenze kuzo.
Umsebenzi omkhulu wobuvangeli waqalwa ngamaFranciscans, kwalandela amaDominican, ama-Augustinians kanye namaJesuit. Abokuqala bafika emazweni aseMexico ngo-1524, kwathi eminyakeni embalwa bathola isisekelo samathempeli nezindela, umphumela onengqondo wokusungulwa kwemishini yokuqala cishe kuyo yonke ingxenye emaphakathi kanye nezingxenye zaseningizimu-mpumalanga yeRiphabhulikhi, yize kamuva kwadingeka babelane ngengxenye insimu nabaseDominican, abafika eNew Spain ngo-1526, beqala umsebenzi wabo wenkolo e-Oaxaca, eGuerrero, eChiapas, eMichoacán naseMorelos.
Ngokwabo, abase-Augustinians bafika ngo-1533 kanti ohambweni lwabo lwalunezingxenye zezifunda zamanje zaseMexico, iHidalgo, iGuerrero nezinye izindawo zeHuasteca.
INhlangano KaJesu yavela ngasekupheleni kuka-1572; Yize kusukela ekuqaleni imisebenzi yabo yayizinikele kwezemfundo, ikakhulukazi ebuntwaneni, abawunakanga umsebenzi wobuphostoli ezindaweni lapho wawusanda kuqala khona futhi ezazingazange zenziwe eminye imiyalo yenkolo. Ngakho-ke bafika ngokushesha okukhulu eGuanajuato, eSan Luis Potosí naseCoahuila, ukuze kamuva basakaze enyakatho bafike eBaja California, eSonora, eSinaloa, eChihuahua naseDurango.
Ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-17, amaFranciscans, ngokugunyazwa yi-Holy See, asungula amakolishi abaphostoli ezithunywa zevangeli zePropaganda de Fide (noma ukusakazwa kwenkolo), ngaleyo ndlela bezama ukufaka umfutho omusha ekushumayeleni nasekulungiseleleni izithunywa zevangeli ukuphinda kabili imizamo yazo yonke indawo yaseNew Spain. Ngakho-ke izikole zaseQuerétaro, iZacatecas, iMexico, i-Orizaba nePachuca zavulwa, kanye nezinye ezimbili ezalandela eZapopan naseCholula.
Kamuva, ngemuva kokuxoshwa kwamaJesuit endaweni kazwelonke ngo-1767, kwavumela abaseFranciscans ukuba bathathe izisekelo zabo ezazisungulwe enyakatho, futhi bahlala e-Alta California, ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezithile zeCoahuila, iNuevo León, iTamaulipas, Texas, New Mexico futhi yingxenye yeSierra Gorda leyo, kanye neBaja California, abelana ngayo nabaseDominican.
Kwezinye izindawo isiko laphikelela ekuqhubekeni nokubiza ohambweni lwalezozisekelo ezakhiwe yizigelekeqe emsebenzini wazo omude nobuhlungu wobuvangeli. Eziningi zazo zanyamalala zanikeza ithuba lamathempeli nezindlu zezindela ezazakhiwe kahle, nazo ezazisetshenziswa njengendawo yokuqala ukufinyelela ezindaweni ezintsha lapho zazisakaza khona inkolo yamaKatolika. Futhi abanye basala njengobufakazi obuyisimungulu bokuvukelwa kwabantu bomdabu okunegazi noma njengezinkumbulo ezithembekile zejografi engalawulwa okwakungenakunqotshwa ngisho nokholo.
Yini umfundi azoyithola kulesi siqeshana se IMexico ibalulekile kumaRoutes of the Missions kuyinsali yomlando, kwesinye isikhathi ehlanganiswa nenganekwane ngisho neqhawe. Uzothola izinsalela zomsebenzi we-titanic owenziwa yidlanzana lamadoda, inhloso yawo kwakungukufundisa inkolo yabo kwabanye abaningi ababengazi ukuthi bangayifunda kanjani; umsebenzi abagxeki nezazi-mlando abahlulele wona ngezindlela eziningi nangezindlela eziningi, yize kungekho noyedwa ongaphika umthwalo omkhulu ongokomoya nobuciko abashiywe yilawa madoda ezweni elisakhumbula imizwa yabo emihle.
