This, presumably, is because “Cruz” is a Spanish word and by extrapolation applied exclusively to the Mission Santa Cruz as well as the Catholic Church. I am a Christian.

Nearby: Holy Cross Catholic Church and the state historic ... In 1957, The Times described how Mission Santa Cruz was all but destroyed by a series of earthquakes, tidal waves, disease and ...

Its construction in 1889, of the present brick gothic church, marked the transition from Mission Santa Cruz to Holy Cross Parish.

Santa Cruz mission vandal left a note A vandal who covered the Santa Cruz Holy Cross Church in spray paint and destroyed a priceless piece of history left behind two notes with an anti-church message.

The march on Wednesday evening was concentrated near Emmet and High streets in the area of Mission Plaza Park and Holy Cross Church. According to Santa Cruz police, someone wrote multiple slogans ...

The Roman Catholic Parish of Holy Cross is the home of Mission Santa Cruz founded in 1791. It’s the 12th link in the chain of 21 Franciscan missions stretching from San Diego to Sonoma.

some of it specifically aimed at the history of the Mission era. “Holy Cross is something of a lightening rod,” Hoy said. “It is the obvious famous church in Santa Cruz, so if you want to do ...

At Old Holy Cross Cemetery, for example, three bronze plaques list the baptismal names of some 2,100 Ohlone people who died during the punishing regime of the Santa Cruz Mission, founded in 1781.