Staff report Featured photo: Courtesy of Mission San Juan Capistrano The annual “Romance of the Mission” fundraising gala for Mission San Juan Capistrano is set…
By Collin Breaux | Twitter: @collin_breaux As Mission San Juan Capistrano Executive Director Mechelle Lawrence Adams puts it, the first 12 weeks of the COVID-19…
Featured image: The current city seal for San Juan Capistrano features Saint Junipero Serra with a young Native American boy. Photo: Collin Breaux By Collin…
Compiled by staff Featured photo: Monica Silvestre EDITOR’S PICK: FRIDAY, JANUARY 14-SUNDAY, JANUARY 16: SHOWOFF! 2022 INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL 7:30 and 2 p.m. (check times…
Compiled by Collin Breaux | Twitter: @collin_breaux Back in January 2021, then-Mayor John Taylor predicted people and businesses would bounce back from the devastation of…
Staff report Gross proceeds from the “Romance of the Mission” benefit gala raised more than $650,000 for a historic landmark in South Orange County. Funds…
By Mechelle Lawrence Adams Welcome to the Mission’s column, “Finding Inspiration,” which comes from our new book written to celebrate the history and beauty of…
Staff report After Madeline Martin Swinden’s sudden passing in June 2020, staff at Mission San Juan Capistrano set about to honoring the memory of the…
By Collin Breaux | Twitter: @collin_breaux Mission San Juan Capistrano Executive Director Mechelle Lawrence Adams got to work early Friday morning on Dec. 11 after…
Staff report Mission San Juan Capistrano will reopen the historic site “gradually and carefully in the coming days,” according to online announcements. Preview days for…
Staff report Longtime docent Mary Susa was awarded the Edna Kimbro Award at the California Missions Foundation Conference in Monterey on Saturday, Feb. 15. Susa…