The Glorious Mysteries of the rosary at Mission San Diego de Alcalá are now available! Pray with us now on YouTube, our app, or our website! — Founded in 1769, Mission San Diego de Alcalá was the first of California’s 21 Spanish missions. Established by Junípero Serra, it marked the beginning of Spain’s religious and colonial expansion into Alta California. Often called the “Mother of the Missions,” it set the pattern for the mission system that would stretch north along El Camino Real. The miss