Mission Santa Clara. The first Mission (but not the last) to be named after a woman. Clare of Assisi was a follower of Saint Francis and founded her own order, the Poor Clares. They still assist the poor of the world today. Clare is often depicted holding a Monstrance, which she is in this statue on the façade of the church.
Look carefully at the picture below. There are eight white crosses in front of the church. They represent the deaths of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter at the hands of the Salvadoran military in 1989. The dangers of missionary life are perhaps greater now than they were in the eighteenth century.
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