In San Diego County, home of two of the historic missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first of the ... but said that steering away from model building is a move in the right direction.

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 ...

246 years after founding the Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, Catholics are celebrating Juniperro Serra as Catholicism’s newest saint. “We are very excited that [the Pope] did choose to ...

The West Coast’s Plymouth Rock, Mission San Diego de Alcalá on Thursday will launch a year of events marking its 250th anniversary. “The mission really is the beginning of what became the ...

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 ...

This hike goes through scenic Mission Gorge and leads to the Old Mission Dam that impounded the San Diego River to provide water for the Spanish Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The dam is a ...