She is also co-chair of USD’s Space Committee and interim director of University Galleries ... Alcalá, in Spain, as an influence is part of the Spanish Renaissance architectural style decision, but ...

I became her understudy and, in 1988, she handed me the baton to teach the gallery course, which I did until the early 2000s.” Whelan received other job opportunities via Whitcomb’s recommendations, ...

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 ...

July 6, 2010 (San Diego) – Tucked away just east of I-15, Mission San Diego de Alcala marks the birthplace of California. Founded on July 16, 1769 by Spanish padre Junipero Serra, the mission ...

Mission San Diego de Alcalá As the first of California's 21 missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá holds great historical and cultural significance. Established in 1769 by Spanish settlers ...

(Natalie Romano) St. Junípero Serra, a Spanish priest, did in fact bring vine cuttings to California and is credited with the first planting at Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Around 1775, friars under ...

The first settlement they built, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, was 1,500 miles from the colonial capital of Mexico City, a four-month trek on foot through treacherous desert. Over the next 50 years, ...

On July 16, 1769, St. Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first of eventual 21 California missions. On Jan. 17, 1832, in the vicinity of where Petco Park is today ...

From the founding of Mission San Diego de Alcala in 1769, planning and development has been an activity, a business, and some would say a contact sport. The fact that this topic consistently engages ...

Inside the sanctuary at Mission San Diego de Alcala, candles are lit in tribute. “It’s simple, but it's so meaningful,” said Mark Borza. His daughter attended services at the church growing up.

The missionary saint from Mallorca, Spain, arrived in Mexico in 1749 and later moved north to found the first nine of 21 missions in California, starting with San Diego de Alcalá in 1769.