Going to the Mission in Lights, Tuesday December 23, 2025 at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Mission San Juan Capistrano: Mission in Lights, December 23, 2025. For those of you who are not familiar with Mission San Juan Capistrano, the Mission was founded on November 1, 1776, as the seventh of the 21 missions that were established by the Spanish in California. By the way, the California Missions are a chain of 21 religious outposts established by the Spanish Franciscans between 1769 and 1823, stretching along El Camino Real from San Diego to Sonoma, to evangelize Native Americans and colonize Alta California. The California Missions became significant cultural landmarks, and have had a lasting cultural impact on California. The California Missions were built about 30 miles apart, so that if one was traveling on horseback, one could reach the next mission within a day’s ride. The Mission system covers about 650 miles, from the south of California to the north. Just for fun, I’ve included a list of all the missions below:...