On the banks of the Guadalupe River, they set up a cross and constructed a makeshift altar under a tree. On Jan. 12, 1777, Fray de la Peña said the first Mass at the new Mission Santa Clara de Asís, ...

Long before the arrival of the first Europeans, the Bay Area was home to a large Native population for thousands of years divided into over 40 tribal settlements: the Tamien, Chochenyo, Matalan, Sagan ...

Mission Santa Clara de Asís is a historic Roman Catholic Church nestled in the heart of Santa Clara University's campus. Founded in 1777 by the Franciscan Order, it holds the distinction of being ...