Writer Richard Rodriguez said of the missions impact, “To live here [California] is to submit to the names, to the ruins of a Spanish adventure, to live among Spanish. To live here is to become, implicitly, a Catholic, culturally a Catholic" (Los Angeles Times, 9.13.1987).

I hope this website will help you learn about this fascinating chapter in California history.

¡Siempre adelante!

Christian Clifford

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