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 ...

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded in 1769, is currently celebrating its "jubilee year." Last month, as the mission turned 250, the public was invited to a special prayer service at the ...

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 ...

Mission San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769. Its strategic position shaped its role as a military and trade hub, laying 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 ...

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 ...

Nuns pray in front of a memorial to Pope Francis at Mission San Diego de Alcalá. (Photo courtesy Mission San Diego de Alcalá via Facebook) Catholics throughout the San Diego area joined the ...

Between 1769 and 1823, 21 missions were established along El Camino ... The religious outposts form an 800-mile trail from San Diego to Sonoma that's a connect-the-dots of California history ...