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• Category: News
  • Mission San Juan Capistrano Celebrates 250th Anniversary
  • Mission San Juan Bautista Seismic Retrofit
  • Mission San Gabriel Arcángel receives 2025 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award
  • Google AI Overview Cites California Mission Guide!
  • I Created a Mission Quiz Using AI
  • California Missions Foundation Conference – 2025
  • Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Reopens
  • Fire Devastates Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
  • The End of Sugar Cube Missions
  • Photo Exhibit at Mission San Juan Bautista
  • Mission Models Return to Knott’s Berry Farm
  • San Juan Bautista in AAA Via Magazine
  • Shared Pasts, Shared Futures: The Missions of California and Mexico

Quizzes & Surveys

• California Mission Quiz