Editing Mission San Buenaventura (section)

==Description==
All that remains of the original mission is the church and its garden.{{r|parishnow}} A small museum sits at the mission with displays of Chumash Indian artifacts and mission-era items. Located in the historic downtown of Ventura, very few California missions had the center of business and commerce remain at the location where the mission was established like Mission San Buenaventura.<ref name="NYT 2015/09/20">{{cite news|title=Latino Catholics See Reflection in a Friar Set for Sainthood|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Fernanda |last=Santos|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=June 25, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/us/latino-catholics-see-reflection-in-a-friar-set-for-sainthood.html}}</ref> The church remains an active Catholic [[parish]], serving approximately 2,000 families, and services are still held in the [[parish church]]. The current pastor is Tom Elewaut, who has served since 2011.{{r|AN 2021-02-26}} A reproduction of the [[Pietà (Michelangelo)|Pieta]] at [[St. Peter's Basilica]] was donated to the parish in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Orozco|first=Lance|date=2018-06-27|title=South Coast Mission Gets Million Dollar Artwork As Gift|language=en|work=KCLU|url=https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2018-06-27/south-coast-mission-gets-million-dollar-artwork-as-gift|access-date=2021-03-27}}</ref> The [[Statues of Junípero Serra (Ventura, California)|Father Serra statue]] that was removed from the plaza in front of the [[Ventura City Hall]] was installed in the garden in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kisken |first=Tom |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Father Serra comes home: Controversial statue delivered to Mission San Buenaventura |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2024/02/29/junipero-serra-statue-finds-new-home-at-mission-san-buenaventura/72752514007/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |newspaper=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>