Mission San Jose - Convento, Friar's Residence by myrrhluz
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More on the San Jose Mission in San Antonio, Texas quoted from the article listed below.
"In the summer of 1794 Governor Manuel Munoz carried out the secularization of San Jose, a process whereby some of the mission holdings were distributed among proprietors. The new owners consisted of heads of families and unmarried adults among approximately ninety-six mission Indians. The communal life of the Indians declined, even though their spiritual care remained under the Franciscans. After complete secularization on February 29, 1824, San Jose Church was placed under the care of Father Francisco Maynes, the pastor of San Fernando Church in San Antonio, and the remains of the mission lands and even some secular mission structures were given to civilian settlers. With the departure of the last Franciscan, Father Jose Antonio Diaz de Leon, in 1824, San Jose Mission was formally closed after more than a century of service. Beginning about 1813, troops were stationed intermittently at the mission. They caused considerable damage. In 1859 Bishop Jean Marie Odin invited the Benedictines from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to reopen the mission for services. Father Alto S. Hoermann restored parts of the friary. The church was reopened for the liturgy and remained open until 1868, when the Benedictines were recalled by their archabbot. Following storms, part of the north wall of the church and the dome and the roof collapsed in December 1868. In 1872 the Holy Cross Fathers of Notre Dame began visits to San Jose and, in spite of the disrepair, faithfully conducted services in the sacristy for nearly fifteen years."
Gilberto R. Cruz, "SAN JOSE Y SAN MIGUEL DE AGUAYO MISSION," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uqs23), accessed March 02, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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