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…
Staff report Three historic statues will be temporarily moved from their permanent space in the Serra Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano, according to a…
By Kerry Ferguson, San Juan Capistrano When Mission San Juan Capistrano Executive Director Mechelle Lawrence Adams and Monsignor Michael McKiernan ousted the venerable Mission San…
By Carol Brinkman, San Juan Capistrano In response to the recent article regarding the Mission Docent Society parting ways with the Mission at San Juan…
