Category Archives: California Missions

Mission San Juan Bautista in Hollister – Mother’s Day is a Perfect Day to Visit!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Mary Pope-Handy

Mission San Juan Bautista is one of the most beautifully authentic California Missions in the Silicon Valley area.  It is so much the case that Mission San Juan Bautista is often the destination of fourth grade field trips as students … Continue reading →

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Missions In & Near Silicon Valley: Mission Santa Clara

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Mary Pope-Handy

We are so very fortunate to have several beautiful Catholic Missions, founded by the Franciscans beginning in the 1700s,  in and near to Silicon Valley. I’ll list the closest ones but all are within an hour or ninety minutes of … Continue reading →

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