Hidden Gem of the California Missions
Founded 1804 · Solvang, California
"We the people of Old Mission Santa Inés, following the path of Jesus Christ, are making His vision a reality through love, unity, justice, joy and hope."
Whether you seek spiritual nourishment or wish to explore California's rich heritage, Mission Santa Inés welcomes you.
Join our vibrant faith community for Mass, sacraments, and spiritual growth.
Discover 220 years of history, art, and California heritage.
What's Happening
8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 5:30 PM (Bilingual)
Begin your Lenten journey. Ashes will be distributed at all Masses.
Every Friday during Lent at 6:00 PM
Walk the Way of the Cross through the beautiful mission grounds.
Various Times - See Bulletin
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday celebrations.
Weekly Reflection
"Enter the desert with faith."
Lent is an invitation—a sacred journey from the desert of our hearts into the quiet, hidden spaces where God dwells. It calls us beyond the surface of life, into the depths where the soul begins to awaken.
Within each of us lies an interior desert—a place of dryness, of silence, of vulnerability. Here illusions fade, and we stand face to face with our fragility, our limitations, our unhealed wounds. Yet this desert is not a place of punishment; it is a place of encounter, a threshold where God waits to meet us.
Lent teaches us that transformation does not come from fleeing our deserts, but from walking through them with faith. The soul that enters the desert emerges renewed. More grounded. More free. More attuned to the living God.
In Christ,
Fr. Lijoy Jose, OFM Cap.
Pastor
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