Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, located at 10818 San Diego Mission Rd., is the first of the 21 great California Missions. According to the mission’s website, the site is known as "the ...

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, located at 10818 San Diego Mission Rd., is the first of the 21 great California Missions. According to the mission’s website, the site is known as "the ...

“The bells are what we are known for,” said Linda Hewett, an administrator, volunteer and member at the historic Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá. It’s one of the few California ...

Launching a year of 250th anniversary events, the Rev. Peter Escalante told an overflow audience that the California missions ... traditions blend at Mission San Diego — the Spanish Franciscan ...

California's Historic Missions Trail follows ... Begin your adventure at the very first mission established, Mission San Diego de Alcala. Founded in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra, the mission ...

This is where the change began. Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá marks the starting point of 21 missions that would transform California. The original was founded by Father Junípero Serra in ...

A plump green wreath sat on one side of the altar at Mission San Diego de Alcalá, a single flame rising from one of the candles buried within its branches. Advent had begun, and after the mission ...

In San Diego County, home of two of the historic missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first of the 21 California missions, and Old Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, the largest one ...

with masses and prayer services at St. Joseph’s Cathedral and historic Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The faithful will have ashes applied to their foreheads in the sign of the cross as the ...

Among California’s historic cities, San Diego stands out as the location of the first Spanish mission, Mission San Diego de ...