Mission San Fernando Rey de España

In 1769, the Spanish Portolà expedition – the first Europeans to see inland areas of California – traveled north through the San Fernando Valley. On August 7 they camped at a watering place near where the mission would later be established.

Individual self-guided tours are available daily from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Tours begin at the entrance to the Gift Shop on San Fernando Mission Boulevard.

Group Tours for Schools are available by calling 818-361-0186.
A new shaded lunch area is available with soft drink machines.
Restrooms are available to all visitors who tour Mission San Fernando Rey de España.

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Archival Center - MISSION SAN FERNANDO REY DE ESPANA

This nation’s first Catholic President journeyed to the National Archives to participate in ceremonies opening the John Adams papers to researchers. On that occasion he pointedly observed that “there is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions” of the past.

He went on to say that “without such knowledge,” a person “stands uncertain and defenseless before the world, knowing neither where he has come from, nor where he is going.”

The Archival Center is a measured response to the Church’s obligations to collect and preserve those documents and other records associated with the human activities comprising California’s Catholic heritage.

The need for such a repository is clearly demonstrated in contemporary times when the quantity of knowledge is increasing so rapidly. It has been estimated, for example, that in the last century, the sum total of human knowledge doubled every fifty years. By the beginning of this century, the time it took to double that knowledge was down to twenty-five years. By mid-twentieth century, the doubling was occurring every fifteen years.

At present, the storehouse of knowledge is doubling in less than ten years. Put another way, enough scholarly papers are being published every day to fill seven sets of a twenty-five-volume encyclopedia!

The Archival Center is envisioned as occupying a vital role in the on-going challenge of keeping the local Church abreast with modern demands and needs, some of which are not only new, but totally unprecedented in ecclesial annals.

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