Jenna's 4th Grade class went to the San Juan Capistrano Mission Tuesday. We have lived here forever and have not visited the mission. It was a pretty cool place. Heather didn't have a great experience there due to her docent not really having much of a personality, but Jenna's docent was fabulous. My friend, Michelle, and I chaperoned our group, and we got a really good look at many parts of the mission. I always love the gardens (even the cactus had flowers!) and my favorite is the chapel. This mission has a ghost story too! In December of 1812, the original church (see last photos) was destroyed by an earthquake. When the earthquake happened, the padre and several of the partitioners left through the front doors while the last half of the chapel left through the back. Unfortunately, the bell tower fell over that part of the church killing 42 people. One was a young girl who had been sent by her parents in a white dress to crawl on her hands and knees up the isle, holding a candle to ask forgiveness from God for meeting up with a boy alone. The girl's body was found under the rubble with her outstretched hand still grasping the candle. There were three different times thus far that the current care taker has come before dawn to open the mission grounds and has seen a figure in a white dress holding a candle and sitting in the window of the original church staring out over the rubble. Spooky! After the mission, we had lunch at the beautiful park. The kids had a lot of fun, and Jenna and I got to hang out with our best buds which was super fun!
Floating under the lily pads are hugh Coy!
Jenna and Sarah at the doorway of the original church. The pulpit is under the part of the church still standing at the opposite end. Big church!!!
Jenna and Sarah standing under the window at the front of the church remains where the ghost has been seen.
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