Mission San Diego

Parishioners may be interested to note the item below that appears in today's The i newspaper.

Anniversary - Sunday, 16 July 1769

Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, founds the first Catholic mission in Caliornia on the site of present day San Diego. After Serra blessed his new outpost, the royal standard of Spain was unfurled over the mission, which he named San Diego de Alcala.

Photos by David Underwood.