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Mission San Buenaventura (Spanish: Misión San Buenaventura, Ventureño: mitsqanaqanÌ“ [9]), formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor.
As of 2021, the regular Mass schedule at St. Cecilia's included both English and Spanish services. English language Masses are offered at 9 a.m. on Sundays. Spanish language Masses are offered on Sundays at 7:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...
The Mission San Buenaventura was founded by Junípero Serra on March 30, 1782. According to E. M. Sheridan's "History of Cross On Hill", written in 1928, the erection of a cross at a highly visible point was "the first act of the Mission Fathers", seeking to establish a guide-post to those coming to the Mission by land or sea. [1]
Mission Basilica San Buenaventura [27] 211 E. Main St. Ventura: Our Lady of Guadalupe [28] 500 N. Juanita Ave. Oxnard Our Lady of Guadalupe [29] 427 N. Oak St. Santa Paula: Our Lady of the Assumption [30] 3175 Telegraph Rd. Ventura Sacred Heart [31] 10800 Henderson Rd. Ventura Santa Clara [32] 323 S. E St. (old chapel at 1333 E. Ventura Blvd ...
Mission land was sold or given away in large grants called ranchos. Rancho Ex-Mission San Buenaventura was a 48,823-acre (197.58 km 2) grant that included downtown Ventura. The Battle of San Buenaventura was fought in 1838 between competing armies from northern and
The funeral mass was given by Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and attended by sports legends and celebrities, including Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, California Gov. Gray Davis, Vin Scully, John Wooden, and Jack Nicholson.
Prior to the creation of a parish in Pasadena, local Catholics had to travel to the San Gabriel Mission or to Downtown Los Angeles for Mass. [4] The first Mass in Pasadena was celebrated at a hotel on Fair Oaks and Colorado Streets. [4] The city's first church was built at the corner of Pasadena Avenue and Bellefontaine.