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The Curator’s Corner:
Burials in the floor of the Old Mission (part 1):
Go into the Sanctuary of the Old Mission and look down at the tile floor on the left-hand side, just in front of the Reredos, where the Statue of Our Blessed Mother, under the title of The Immaculate Conception, stands with Cherubs (baby angels) at her feet. There you will find a grave marker that reads "Father Richard Carroll". Father Carroll was the first pastor of Mission Dolores after San Francisco became an Archdiocese. Father Carroll was born in 1828 in Kilkenny, Ireland. He attended the seminary in Carlow. He was recruited by the Spanish Franciscans and went to San Francisco. Here he served as the first English-speaking pastor of Mission Dolores. Father Carroll died in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1861.
On the right side of the Mission Church, find the altar with the center statue of St. Anthony. St Anthony is holding an open book with the child Jesus standing on the open pages. Faithful who heard St. Anthony preach would say: "If you heard St. Anthony preach, you too would say that you could see the baby Jesus jumping right out of the pages of the Bible." Look down, and you will read "Jose Joaquin Moraga". On July 13. 1785, at 10 PM. Don Jose Joaquin Moraga, the commander of the Presidio, passed away after receiving all the sacraments. The body was interred in the church on July 15, 1785 ”in the church of this mission,” as Father Palou notes. Captain Moraga's burial was also Father Palou's last entry in the burial register of the Mission, where it bore No. 141. This means the old church was still in use, not the one (present church) under construction at that time. It is clear from a note which Father Cambon makes in the Death Register under the date of April 8, 1791: “the remains of the body of Don Jose Joaquin Moraga, founder and captain Commander of the neighboring Presidio, and of this establishment of our father St Francis were transferred from the old church to the new one with all the pomp that was possible and becoming to his merits."
To be continued…..
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Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm -- Old Mission
Sunday:
8:00am & 10:00am (English)
12:00pm (Español)
Daily Mass:
Monday-Saturday: 8:00am -- Old Mission
Confession:
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Eucharist Adoration:
Friday: 3:00pm -- Old Mission
First Friday of the month: 4pm
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Mission Dolores has always had a central place in the religious, civic, and cultural life of San Francisco. Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June 29, 1776, under the direction of Father Junipero Serra and is both the oldest original intact Mission in California and the oldest building in San Francisco. Today, the Mission Dolores Parish comprises both the Basilica and the Old Mission.
True to its origins, the Basilica Parish of Mission Dolores reflects the remarkable diversity and vibrancy of modern San Francisco. Located at the crossroads of the City's Mission District, Castro District, the Lower Haight, Noe Valley, and Upper Market Street neighborhoods, Mission Dolores parishioners come from an enormous array of cultures, places, and backgrounds to worship together.
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