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■ MISSION SAN JOSE FACULTY
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•«= qZas Wi tHE REDWOOZ) Third Mission Burning October 25. 1 26 Mnr nia who 1)rou.t4ht that first huml)le church into existence; Fathers Paloti and Serra who later heli)ed with the establishment of the second structure ; then the memorable and marvelous life of Father iMagin Catala, mitil finally we come to that time when the Society of Jesus took over the Mission and Father Nobili formally opened the first college in California. New buildings sprang up, the little Mission Chiu ' ch was renovated under Father Villiger in 1XC)2; then replaced except ffir certain parts of the altar and front towers, by Father Kenna in 18S5; the bells were not removed. i he l)eginning of the Twentieth Century saw the boys ' chapel standing serenely beside the aged church. The earthquake of 1906 shattered parts of it, but the wavs of Gofl are strange sometimes, and it seems to have been a slight shake a few days before the date which opens this story that caused a short circuit in the wires of the Old Mis- sion Church so that a fire started. Tiny as the .spark must have 1:)een, chapel, law library, music rooms, sanctuarv, the Mission Church itself, and finally the Ijells, crashed into a heap of smolder- ing ruins. Certain of those bells will toll no more — but the faithful must be called to prayer! There is a picture in these pages of the bell which now performs that duty. It is suspended from a temporary tower. And off to one side with a mien that almost ]iesj)eaks the lasting cjualities of a spiritual thing, possessed of dural ility and perseverance typical of the padres who l uilt them, stand two adobe forms ; one, an altar, the other the thick walls of the entrance to an old church. Were they to pass from us? Was that spirit to die? Was the new generation, the recipient of this invaluable heritage of courage, loyalty to country, devotion to God, to forget their obligation? How were they to show their gratitude ? A new Mission was needed ! A new tower desired ! Santa Clara Valley, San Jose, people from all over the state, and finally but not the least among them by far, the students of the University went over the top in their drive to build upon this spot a new church that would be a reminder of the old — a new tower from which the wondrous peal of a bell would flood across the valley, calling the faithful to prayer. ' J ' liird I Iission Churcli After Fire of Oct 25, 1926 t 4
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