When Bishop Pierre DuMaine appointed Sister Mary Claude Power, PBVM, to the position of superintendent of Catholic Schools in the new Diocese of San José, he, of course, knew what he was doing.
When the Archdiocese of San Francisco established 25 parishes from 1951-1981 to meet the needs of faith-filled people in the rapidly growing Santa Clara County, it gave each pastor 20 acres of land, a loan, and a charge to form communities with newly-draw
Jan. 12: Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded by Spanish Franciscan Missionaries on the banks of the Guadalupe River (just north of Highway 101 near the Mineta International Airport runway).