SANTA CLARA de ASIS

WHO FOUNDED THE MISSION AND WHEN?

• My mission is Santa Clara de Asis and I have a bunch of facts to share about it.
• The mission was founded by Father Thomas de la Pena.
• He founded it on January 12, 1777
• It's the eighth listed mission out of twenty one.

WHERE WAS IT LOCATED?

• It's located on the Santa Clara university campus.
• It's also just south of the San Jose airport.

SPECIAL QUALITIES

• Santa Clara de Asis was the first California mission to honor a female saint.
• The bells of mission Santa Clara have rung every night at 8:30 p.m. since 1798 by request of King Carlos IV.
• The mission was destroyed three times. All of the statues in the mission church were destroyed in a fire in 1926
• The mission was moved many times due to the Guadalupe River.

QUALITIES OF THE MISSION

• The Bells still ring today. They have rung every night at 8:30 since 1798.
• The condition of my mission is not the best because it has been destroyed many times.

THE MISSION TODAY

• The bells still rings today. They have rung every night at 8:30 since 1798.
• The mission is not in the best condition because it gets destroyed a lot

QUESTIONS

• What number is my mission?
• Why is it moved many times?
• Where is it located?
• What time does the bells ring?