For example, Father Gaspar García Laviana took up arms and became a member of FSLN.

* June 3 – Gaspar de Portolà and Father Junípero Serra establish Monterey, the presidio of Alta California territory for Spain from 1777 – 1822, United Mexican States 1824 – 1846, until the California Republic.

It wasn't until 1769 when the area known as Northridge was descriptively first reported by Father Juan Crespi, the prolific diarist who accompanied the exploration party of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà on its arduous trek through California, including the Sepulveda Pass leading to the San Fernando Valley.

After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish expedition led by Father Junípero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Ana ( Valley of Saint Anne ).

After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish expedition led by Father Junipero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Ana ( Valley of Saint Anne ).

After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish expedition led by Father Junipero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Ana ( Valley of Saint Anne ).

To lead the expedition, Galvez appointed the new governor of California Lieutenant Colonel Gaspar de Portolà and Father Junípero Serra, Franciscan head of the former Jesuit missions in Baja California.

" Two years later, a small expedition led by captain Gaspar de Portolá and Father Junípero Serra officially took possession for the upper Las Californias Province, what is now central California, via the establishment of El Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey ( the Royal Presidio of Saint Charles of Monterey ) and the nearby Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.

Transcribing the works of Father Gaspar Frutuoso, Francisco Gomes documented the arrival of the crew of the nau Nossa Senhor da Misericórida.

The area remained uninhabited for many decades until the 16th Century, as Father Gaspar Frutuoso noted is his historical tome Saudades da Terra and where he mentioned the community but omitted whether it was populated.

The historical chronicler, Father Gaspar Frutuoso, stated that at the end of the 16th Century Ponta Delgada was a small population of thirty neighbors and one chapel.

As the Azorean chronicler Father Gaspar Frutuoso writing in the 16th Century, indicated, that the colonists benefited from the abundance of water and easy access to the sea:

Monterey, California was established in 1770 by Father Junípero Serra and Gaspar de Portolà ( governor of Baja and Alta California ( 1767 – 1770 ), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey ).

Father António de Jesus Maria began a campaign to reconstruct the chapel, it was reopened on May 12, 1714, and the image from the Church of San Francisco was led in procession by clergy, standards and the faithful in a solemn procession to the hilltop, where the island confessor Gaspar Pereira de Lacerda led benedictions.

Father Gaspar Frutuoso would later note that the church was one of a succession of churches to be formally built in each of the parishes on the island ( following those of Horta, Feteira and Flamengos ).

In fact, Father Gaspar Frutuoso and Friar Agostinho de Montalverne certified that the colonists in Madalena had tripled by the 17th Century ; in 1587, there were less than 3000 inhabitants and around 9000 by 1695, forcing the remodelling of the local church.

Father Gaspar Frutuoso in Saudades das Terras notes the following:

The chronicler and historian, Father Gaspar Frutuoso identified the region of Bretanha in the early part of the 1870s.

The celebrated Portuguese historian, Father Gaspar Frutuoso referred to Lagoa, in the way that the first settlers named it, a name that was dependent on where they made their homes:

By this time, the historian Father Gaspar Frutuoso noted in his tome Saudades da Terra the 100 homes existed in the community ; a comparable size to the other centers on the island, but only half the size of Ponta Delgada ( 250 ), Vila Franca do Campo ( 200 ) or Ribeira Grande ( 200 ).

Its toponomy was first defined by Father Gaspar Frutuoso during the 16th century, who reflected on the fact that the area received its name owing to the physical topography.

Its name was derived from the Portuguese phrase terra achanada which means flatland and was first mentioned by the historian Father Gaspar Frutuoso in Saudades da Terra.

Father Gaspar Frutuoso later recounted:

Father Gaspar Frutuoso, who referenced the event in Saudades da Terra, noted that the inhabitants discovered that the topography of the eastern part of the island had changed radically, and that tree trunks and pumice were found floating in the ocean.

* 1946 – Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.

He is also celebrated by many Protestants, who label him " Father of The Canon ".

It is because of these and other contributions that Antoine Lavoisier is often celebrated as the " Father of Modern Chemistry ".

From 1930, until his retirement in 1964, Reverend Father Harold Clear Butler said Roman Mass every day, and celebrated High Mass and Benediction on Sundays.

Herbert Marcuse, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory, is celebrated as the " Father of the New Left ".< ref name = kellner12 > Douglas Kellner.

On September 1, 1772 a cross was erected near San Luis Obispo Creek and Father Junípero Serra celebrated the first mass, marking the site as the destination for yet another mission.

Named for Giovanni da Capistrano, a 15th century theologian and " warrior priest " who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782 ; known alternately as " Serra's Chapel " and " Father Serra's Church ," it is the only extant structure where it has been documented that the padre Junipero Serra celebrated mass.

Father Serra celebrated High Mass in thanksgiving on November 1, 1776 — celebrated ever since as the official founding date.

Known as " Father Serra's Church ," it has the distinction of being the only remaining church in which Father Serra is known to have celebrated the rites of the Roman Catholic Church ( he presided over the confirmations of 213 people on October 12 and October 13, 1783 ).

In 1683 Father López celebrated the first Christmas Mass ever observed in Texas at La Junta.

The celebrated Father Mathew, the apostle of Temperance in Ireland, was a Capuchin friar.

On January 6, 1839, Father ( later Archbishop ) Blanchet celebrated the first Catholic mass in Oregon at St. Paul, when he blessed the log church and dedicated it to St. Paul.

By October 21, the church was half completed, and Father Oschwald celebrated the first Mass.

Permission was given for use, only in Mass celebrated with the people, of the vernacular language, especially in the Biblical readings and the reintroduced Prayers of the Faithful, but, " until the whole of the Ordinary of the Mass has been revised ," in the chants ( Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and the entrance, offertory and communion antiphons ) and in the parts that involved dialogue with the people, and in the Our Father, which the people could now recite entirely together with the priest.

* Dr Isaac Watts, the celebrated ' Father of Hymnology ' whose hymns have been sung worldwide and was also a poet and educationalist.

He had long discussions with Father Louis Millériot, a celebrated Controversialist, and Abbé Henri Huvelin, the noted priest of Église Saint-Augustin, who were much grieved at his death.

Bishop Craven celebrated the Requiem Mass, at which Father Martin D ' Arcy, a Jesuit, preached the panegyric.

The item is celebrated in the song ' The Sash my Father Wore '.

Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois, following a Funeral Mass celebrated by his good friend, Cardinal Roger Mahony and a wake for priests at which his good friend, Father Scott Donahue, spoke.

The beliefs of the Schwarzenau Brethren include triune baptism, which provides that the candidate kneel in water and be immersed, face first, three times in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ; the New Testament as the infallible guide in spiritual matters ; communion service celebrated in the evening, accompanied by the love feast ; the ceremony of the washing of feet ; the salutation of the Holy kiss ; prayer and Anointing with oil over the sick ; and Nonresistance.

It celebrated its centenary in 2003, having been built by Father Allan MacDonald in 1903.

A Pontifical Mass followed, celebrated by Father Joseph H. Conroy, with a crowd of nearly 4, 000 people.

Today Olentzero is celebrated all over the Basque Country and coexists with the Magi, Père Noël and Father Christmas, some families choosing to celebrate one or more at the same time.