Top of Our World Sarah Young, 1 Mar 2022 < 1 min read Top of Our World The need for celebration and connection—when there have been so few and so little—drives one couple to reach higher.
A Pandemic Family Sarah Young, 31 Jan 2022 2 min read A Pandemic Family Growing a family amid a pandemic changes the kind of family support new parents can depend on. Shayla Dinning ’13 and Neal Dinning ’12 find ways to bridge those gaps.
Dream Wedding Tatiana Sanchez ’10, 22 Oct 2021 < 1 min read Dream Wedding Tatiana Sanchez ’10 always dreamed of getting married at the historic Mission Church. She writes about how the pandemic threw a wrench in those plans.
Long Time in the Making Sarah Young '24, 03 Oct 2023 < 1 min read Long Time in the Making Marina Iatomase ’14 married her high school sweetheart in the same place her parents wed nearly 30 years earlier: the Mission Church.
Ain’t No Wedding Without a Party Sarah Young, 27 Sep 2022 < 1 min read Ain’t No Wedding Without a Party Limited travel and few get togethers, made this wedding a celebration and more for this Bronco couple.
A New Chapter Lauren Loftus, 22 Oct 2021 < 1 min read A New Chapter What’s it like to do a usually public thing out of the public eye? We talk to Jenna Saso Rosati ’13 about being pregnant during a pandemic.
Their Mission Wedding Marched On SCM Staff, 29 Apr 2021 2 min read Their Mission Wedding Marched On Matthew Matera ’11 and Kiara Herrera ’12 were able to marry at the Mission Church as planned in a pared-down ceremony due to COVID.
Love in the Time of COVID Lauren Loftus, 08 Apr 2021 2 min read Love in the Time of COVID How the Mission Santa Clara handled changes to wedding ceremonies due to the pandemic in 2020.
Renewing Tradition Sahale Greenwood, 06 Apr 2020 2 min read Renewing Tradition Due to restrictions put in place during the Great Depression, there were no weddings held at the Mission Church for more than three decades.
Double Matrimony Lucy Nino, 21 Nov 2019 < 1 min read Double Matrimony Seeing Double: Sisters Brittni ’16 and Breana Várgas ’16 found their true loves in a set of brothers.
That Moment When… Jessica Hilger, 20 Nov 2019 < 1 min read That Moment When… As Akilah Monifa J.D. ’83 read at a literary event in February 2017, her future wife listened in the audience.
Hallowed Wedding Alicia K. Gonzales ’09, 17 Sep 2018 < 1 min read Hallowed Wedding Michelle Lu ’14 and Brian Lu ’15 exchanged vows at the happiest place on Earth.
Born LEADer Matt Morgan, 27 Mar 2018 2 min read Born LEADer Yuridia Estrada ’07 and Juan Esquivel ’09 found love at Santa Clara. Now they’re raising a little Bronco of their own.
Finding Family in America SCM Staff, 15 Aug 2016 5 min read Finding Family in America The start of a new family and the grace of motherhood.
Mission Matrimony Alicia K. Gonzales '09, 01 Jul 2015 < 1 min read Mission Matrimony Even though Michelle Donecho ’05, M.A. ’10 and Chris Duchesne ’06 both attended the same high school before coming to Santa Clara for college, somehow their paths never crossed until an eHarmony date almost three years ago.