At the heart of Santa Clara University is the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis. It is the eighth oldest of the original 21 California missions. Mission Outbuilding The first sight that greets ...

Stretching from San Diego to just north of San Francisco the 21 Missions of California forever changed the face of this coastal state Retrace the footsteps of the early California settlers with ...

On Jan. 13, 1777 Padre Thomas Peña, under the direction of Padre Junípero Serra, officially founded Mission Santa Clara de Asís, the eighth of California’s 21 missions. Located along El ...

Welcome to the spiritual and historic heart of Santa Clara University Historic Mission Santa Clara is a consecrated Roman Catholic church that sits at the heart of Santa Clara University’s campus.

He toured it, read up about it, talked with people about it all, and before long set out on his own mission, to visit all 21 California missions. Pitts is performing his one-man show ...