San Gabriel Mission clergy and staff allowed guests inside the Roman Catholic house of worship, which has been undergoing restoration since a July 2020 fire.
Twenty-six months after an act of arson destroyed the roof and heavily damaged the San Gabriel Mission, the 251-year-old historic venue will temporarily reopen Saturday.
Father John Molyneux at the San Gabriel Mission, which has yet to open since a fire tore through the building on July 11, 2020. Since the fire, the mission and surrounding vineyard, cemetery, garden, museum and gift shop have been closed. Weddings and fourth-grade tours conducted by docents were also halted.
The original tiles in the sacristy and in the baptistery were not able to be saved, however, because they were ruined by flooding in the aftermath of firefighting efforts.
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