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1. California Missions - History and Resources If you live in California and you are a 4th grade student, 4th grade teacher, or a 4th grade parent, this website is your starting point for the California missions...
2. Mission San Diego de Alcalá First of the 21 missions and known as the Mother of the Missions, Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded on July 16, 1769 by Blessed Junipero Serra. It was...
3. Mission San Miguel de Arcángel Mission San Miguel Arcangel was founded on July 25, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen, Presidente of the California Missions Chain. Named for Saint Michael the Arcangel,...
4. Mission Santa Clara de Asís The first sight that greets visitors to Santa Clara University is the façade of the restored church of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Santa Clara University, the...
5. Mission San Francisco de Solano Discouraged by declining opportunity at Dolores, a zealous young padre founded Mission San Francisco de Solano, at Sonoma, on July 4, 1823, without the knowledge...
6. Mission San José Mission San Jose was founded on June 11, 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen on a site which was part of a natural highway by way of the Livermore Valley...
7. Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Father Junipero Serra was considered by his contemporaries to be an exceptionally devout missionary with great courage, remarkable intelligence and persistence....
8. Mission Santa Inés The Mission was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estevan Tapis, and was named in honor of Saint Agnes, an early Christian martyr of the fourth century....
9. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo On June 3, 1770, after a year of journey and hardship, the soldiers of De Portola and the missionaries led by Fr. Serra, gathered by the Monterey Bay to witness...
10. Mission Santa Cruz Mission Santa Cruz was founded by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen (pronounced:Lah-SWEN), the successor of Father Junípero Serra. Since 1859 the mission site...
11. Mission San Francisco de Asís In addition to its unique historic, religious, and architectural significance, Mission Dolores has always had a central place in the civic and cultural life...
12. Mission San Luis Obispo In 1769, Fr Serra, a member of the Order of Franciscan Minors (O.F.M.), received orders from Spain to bring the Catholic faith to the Natives of Alta California....
13. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia Welcome to Mission San Luis Rey, the King of the Missions and a jewel of San Diego County North. A National Historic Landmark founded in 1798, Mission San Luis...
14. Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Mission Nuestra Senora Dolorosisima de la Soledad, thirteenth in the chain of Alta California missions, Soledad Missionwas established on October 9, 1791, at...
15. Mission San Rafael Arcángel Mission San Rafael was part of the mixed and fascinating history. Founded in 1817 by Padre Vincent Sarria as an 'asistencia' or adjunct to Mission Dolores, San...
16. Mission Santa Barbara Mission Santa Barbara was the tenth of the California missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans. It was established on the Feast of St. Barbara, Dec...
17. Mission San Juan Capistrano Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded on November 1, 1776 and is 7th of the 21 California missions. The Mission was returned to the Catholic Church in 1865...
18. Mission San Buenaventura The founding of San Buenaventura Mission was foreshadowed well over two centuries ago on the Spanish isle of Mallorca, when a devout Franciscan priest, who was...
19. Mission San Juan Bautista The day was June 24, 1797, a Saturday, and the priest was Fr. Fermin de Lasuen, Presidente of the California Missions successor to Blessed Junipero Serra. This...
20. Mission La Purísima Concepcíon La Purisima Mission was the eleventh mission of the twenty-one Spanish Missions established in what became California. Mision La Purisima Concepcion de Maria...