CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA & SOUTHWEST "MISSION LIFE" 1965 EDUCATIONAL FILM CHURCHES 67874b
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it pleases me to record the progress we
are making day by day as we labor to
establish our new mission Alta
California is truly a land blessed by
the Saints our flocks have increased on
the abundant grass of the fertile
valleys o vines have prospered
they now hang heavy with grapes the
squash and beans have also flourished
and will soon be ready to harvest
the orchards we planted on our bearing
fruit our fig crop is especially
plentiful I observed that the Pickers
enjoy their tasks
we are gradually winning the confidence
of the natives and day after day new
converts enter the mission we bless them
as men with souls and hope to give them
a better life by teaching them the
useful arts of civilization we have
labored many months training these
neophytes to carry out the many tasks of
the mission they have become very
skillful and making the adobe bricks
needed for our buildings we are thankful
that the adobe soil of our mission land
is suitable for brick making the Indians
gathered dry horsemen you or from our
corral we have taught the Indians how to
make many useful wooden tools the metal
tools we brought with us are not
sufficient to carry on the work our
Indian boys enjoy tramping about in the
Adobe pit the thoroughly mix the heavy
sticky mud until it is just right for
molding
our carpenters have made wooden hand
barrels to carry the heavy mud from the
mixing pit to the molder
the bricks are molded one by one in a
wooden form one is our most skillful
molder he forces the Adobe into all the
corners of the mold and then smooths it
carefully he knows just how to handle
the mold to loosen it from the newly
formed brick he washes his mold
frequently he knows that a clean mold
holds more easily and leaves straight
edges
Vaughn takes great pride in the rows of
well-formed bricks his helpers respect
him for his ability as a molder the hot
California Sun dries the bricks quickly
they are ready to be turned on edge in
about three days
the Indians break off the rough bottom
edges as they turn the bricks to finish
drying
the neophytes enjoy placing the bricks
in the zigzag pattern that keeps them
from falling over
in this warm balmy climate the bricks
dry thoroughly in six to ten days we're
stacking them close to the walls of our
new mission building our bricks are 9
inches wide 18 inches long and 4 inches
thick each brick weighs about 30 pounds
Juan is a skillful at laying bricks as
he is at molding them one by one the
heavy bricks are lifted to the growing
wall and laid on a bed of sticky mud
Juan uses his hand forged trowel to
spread the Adobe mortar on each layer of
bricks and to fill the joints between
them
one has followed our instructions
informing special bricks to lay on the
angled corners of outdoor and window
openings we rejoice as we see the walls
of our mission growing day by day our
tallow supply from the slaughtered sheep
and cattle has been sufficient to keep
us well provided with candles hey soos
our candle maker has learned his task
well he spends many hours turning the
candle wheel as he pours the rendered
tallow over the candle wicks
the brass kettle and copper candle for
that we brought from Mexico have been
very useful with these tools
Asus has kept us well supplied with
candles we made our candle we love split
willow branches and bounded together
with narrow rawhide thongs
we have many uses for rawhide and had
taught the neophytes how to prepare it
from our abundant supply of cattle hides
they soak the hide in lime water to
soften it and to loosen the hair in five
to seven days the hair slips easily from
the hide the soaked hide becomes very
heavy to neophytes are needed to lift it
from the pit and wash it in clear water
to remove the lime
they labor patiently at the task of
beaming the softened hide a sturdy log
holds the hide in place as they scrape
off the hair and flesh with the beaming
knife we need a good supply of rawhide
strips to bind our roof timbers and to
make and repair our furniture and tools
the stone Manos back and forth on the
metate as she ground the corn into a
soft dough the iron fortieth plate was
heated in preparation for baking the
tortillas
Maria's helper added bits of charcoal to
the fire and fanned them into life with
a fan woven especially for this purpose
I observed that she is also learning to
use them at cafe and mono although they
are not as familiar to her as the native
mortar and pestle for grinding Maria's
hands moved so rapidly it was difficult
to see just how she turned the dough and
patted it into a thin smooth cake ready
to be baked on the hot iron tortilla
plate
the Indian woman watched her teacher
closely I think she feels she will never
be able to equal Maria's Swift skillful
handling of the soft dough the tears are
a favorite food and are served at every
meal Maria and her helpers work hard
every day to prepare them the thin cakes
bake quickly and the busy tortilla
makers soon had enough ready for our
evening meal the Angelus again calls us
all to prayer and so each day ends as it
began with the ringing of our mission
bells
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under him Sir give me this water
but I thirst not neither come here that
a draw Jesus happened to her go call thy
husband and come hither the woman
answered and said I have no husband
jesus said unto her thou hast well said
I have no husband
for the hast had five husbands and he
whom thou hast is not thy husband in
that sense stop truly the woman said
unto Him
sir I perceived that our prophet our
fathers worshiped in this mountain and
ye say that in Jerusalem is the place
where men ought to worship jesus said
unto her woman believe me the hour
cometh when ye shall neither in this
mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship
the father ye worship ye know not what
we know what we worship for salvation is
of the Jews but the hour cometh and now
is when the true worshipers shall
worship the father in spirit and in
truth for the father seeketh their lives
to help develop this brand-new world of
wings Curtis who first took off from
water and whose early