First Established by the Franciscan Order in 1777 as part of the chain of 21 Alta California Missions, our Mission Church was the only one of the 21 that the Franciscans handed over to the Society of ...

At the heart of Santa Clara University is the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis ... Magín Catalá, O.F.M. (San Francisco: J.H. Barry, 1909). Garr, Daniel. "Power and Priorities: Church-State ...