The West Coast’s Plymouth Rock, Mission San Diego de Alcalá on Thursday will launch ... we also want to let everyone know that we are still around.” The commemoration will begin with 6 ...

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded in 1769, is located at 10818 San Diego Mission Rd. In honor of the landmark’s “jubilee year,” Father Peter M. Escalante has invited the public ...

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded on July 16, 1769, has been celebrating its "jubilee year" throughout 2019. In January, as the landmark turned 250 years old, the public was invited to ...

Never mind that the original Golden State vines broke ground at Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769 and became Father Junipero Serra’s Communion wine. Grapes pushed northward, and, to the ...

Led by Father Junípero Serra, they founded the first mission, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769, followed by others such as San Carlos Borromeo and San Gabriel Arcángel. The friars faced challenges ...

Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in July 1769, was the first of the 21 missions. A re-creation of Serra’s quarters and the church’s baptismal font are popular attractions, the latter a ...

So Egan brought it back and had it mounted -- a permanent reminder of mission to the Mission's congregation. A plump green wreath sat on one side of the altar at Mission San Diego de Alcalá ...