Inadditiontothemeansdescribed，theJesuitshadrecoursetofrequentreligiousfeasts，forwhichthecalendargavethemfullscope，sothatthelifeinaJesuitmissionwasmuchdiversifiedandrenderedpleasanttotheIndians，whohavearootedloveofshow。Eachmissionhad，ofcourse，itspatronsaint，1andonhisdaynobodyworked，whilstallwasjoyfulnessandsimplemirth。Atbreakofdayadischargeofrocketsandoffirearmsandpealsuponthebellsannouncedthejoyfulmorn。Thenthewholepopulationflockedtochurchtolistentoanearlymass。Thosewhocouldfindnoroominsidethechurchstoodinlonglinesoutsidethedoor，whichremainedopenduringtheceremony。
Massover，eachonerantopreparehimselfforhispartinthefunction，theJesuitshavingtakencare，bymultiplyingofficesandemployments，toleavenomanwithoutadirectshareinalltheothersdid。2
Thehumblestandthehighesthadtheirpart，andtheheaviestburden，nodoubt，felluponthetwoJesuits，3whowereanswerableforall。
Theforemostdutywastogettheprocessionreadyforthemarch，andsaddle`loscaballosdelsanto\'4toserveasescort，mountedbyIndiansinrichdresses，keptspeciallyforfeasts。
1Inthe`RelaciondeMisiones\'oftheBrigadierDonDiegodeAlvear，writtenbetween1788and1801，andpreservedinthe`ColecciondeAngelis\'，occursthefollowingcuriousdescriptionofthefeast