Masenze umlando omncane, sithi maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, ukunqotshwa okungokomoya kweNew Spain kwakusetshenzisiwe. Kakhulukazi izifunda ezisenyakatho ezisenyakatho, eziningi ezazishiyiwe ngaleso sikhathi, zazisenezindawo zemishini eziyizintandane, ngokuvamile ezazihlala amaqembu ayimizulane noma angama-semi-nomadic, okwathi, ngenxa yendawo yawo engazelelwe, nangenxa yobunzima bawo nobudlova, zazingafinyeleleki. ekuthintaneni nabezenkolo.
Masenze umlando omncane, sithi maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, ukunqotshwa okungokomoya kweNew Spain kwakusetshenzisiwe. Kakhulukazi izifunda ezisenyakatho ezisenyakatho, eziningi ezazishiyiwe ngaleso sikhathi, zazinezindawo zemishini eziyizintandane, ngokuvamile ezazihlala amaqembu ayimizulane noma angama-semi-nomadic, okwathi, ngenxa yendawo eyayikuyo eyayinenhlekelele, nangenxa yobunzima bawo nobudlova, ayengafinyeleleki. ekuthintaneni nabezenkolo.
Engxenyeni yokugcina yesithathu yekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, uFranciscan u-Antonio Linaz de Jesús María — owayesebenze esifundazweni saseFranciscan eSan Pedro y San Pablo, eMichoacán—, ingqondo yakhe nenhliziyo yakhe bekumzamo wokuletha ulwazi inkolo yeqiniso emaqenjini endabuko ayengakancishiswa, wasungula izindlela ezintsha ezazisebenza kangcono. Ohambweni oluya eMadrid, wabeka uhlelo lwakhe oluhlukile lokushumayela kumuntu ophakeme, futhi wacela imvume yokuqasha - ngenkululeko ephelele yalabo abanentshisekelo - ama-friars ayi-12. Lapho umsebenzi wakhe wamukelwa, wabelwa isigodlo seSanta Cruz de los Milagros de Querétaro ukuthola iKolishi lokuqala lePropaganda Fide. Lokhu kwenzeka ngo-Agasti 15, 1683.
Leli kolishi lalinamagatsha abaluleke kakhulu: iSan Fernando, eMexico; leyo ka-Our Lady waseGuadalupe, eZacatecas; elaseSan Francisco, ePachuca; lokho kweNkosikazi Yethu yaseZapopan; leyo kaSan José de Gracia, e-Orizaba; leyo kaKristu Obethelwe esiphambanweni, waseGuatemala, nokaSan Luis Rey, waseCalifornia.
Ingqikithi yezindlela zakhe ezintsha ingachazwa ngamaphuzu amathathu: ukushunyayelwa okwenziwe ukukala kwengqondo yendabuko kanye nokusebenza kwengqondo; ukujula kwencazelo yangempela yomoya wobufundisi, kanye nokufeza ukukhushulwa komuntu okuhlangene. Kubonakele ukuthi okomoya ngaso sonke isikhathi bekufanele kuhambisane nezinto: leso yisimo sethu sobuntu.
Izithelo zazinkulu ngaphansi kwalo mbuso. Ngaphansi kwakhe kwakuzosebenza, ngaphezu kwengxenye yekhulu leminyaka kamuva, uFray Junípero Serra nabangane bakhe.
