Mission Santa Clara: 8th Mission, founded 1777

Jan 29

How this blog was created

Note: This blog was created by James Truong via email using a service called Posterous. Posterous builds a blog when you email photographs. James took photographs using an iPhone (little camera). Some photographs were taken by his mother using a Canon Digital SLR (big camera). The photographs are all watermarked accordingly. All blog posts (except this one, and the set-up post) were typed by James whose typing speed is 3 words per minute. Some posts include a group of photos that were emailed at once, they form “sets” on the blog. 
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Jan 28

Mission period paintings

These paintings are on display at the de Saisset museum.

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Jan 27

The mission entrance

There are steps, statues, a plaque, and a welcome mat at the mission’s entrance.

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The cornerstone of the third mission

“On Nov. 19, 1781, in an elaborate ritual, Father Serra blessed and laid a cornerstone for the third Mission Church. In a cavity in the cornerstone were placed a crucifix, religious images, and Spanish coins to signify the Church treasury. (The cornerstone was accidentally found by a workman digging for a gas main along Franklin Street in 1911. The cornerstone and its contents are on display in the Mission Room of the University’s de Saisset Museum.)”
- History of Mission Santa Clara de Asis

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There are eight white crosses in front of the church

“The eight white crosses on the front lawn memorialize the 1989 martyrdom of the six University of Central America Jesuit priests and their co-workers during the Salvadoran Civil War. ”

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Inside the mission

There were many paintings and sculptures inside the mission. 

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Jan 26

The large wooden cross

The wood from the original cross is enclosed in redwood.

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The changing church

Mission Santa Clara was rebuilt many times.

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Painting of the mission on roof tile

In the de Saisset museum.

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Jan 25

Mission Santa Clara was built to convert the Ohlone people

The Ohlones lived in tule reed huts. They ground acorns with grinding stones. They used baskets for fishing, holding food, and carrying their babies. Mission Santa Clara recorded the most baptisms and deaths of native people of all the missions.

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