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.
Sarah Young, 31 Jan 2022
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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.
Tatiana Sanchez ’10, 22 Oct 2021
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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.
Miky Ching ’25, 29 Apr 2025
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From Swig to the Chapel
Kyra Hammer ’19 and Vinny Sicat ’19 met as freshmen in Swig residence hall. Now they’re married.
Sarah Young '24, 03 Oct 2023
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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.
Sarah Young, 27 Sep 2022
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Ain’t No Wedding Without a Party
Limited travel and few get togethers, made this wedding a celebration and more for this Bronco couple.
Lauren Loftus, 22 Oct 2021
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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.
SCM Staff, 29 Apr 2021
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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.
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.
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.
Lucy Nino, 21 Nov 2019
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Double Matrimony
Seeing Double: Sisters Brittni ’16 and Breana Várgas ’16 found their true loves in a set of brothers.
Jessica Hilger, 20 Nov 2019
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That Moment When…
As Akilah Monifa J.D. ’83 read at a literary event in February 2017, her future wife listened in the audience.
Alicia K. Gonzales ’09, 17 Sep 2018
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Hallowed Wedding
Michelle Lu ’14 and Brian Lu ’15 exchanged vows at the happiest place on Earth.
Matt Morgan, 27 Mar 2018
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Born LEADer
Yuridia Estrada ’07 and Juan Esquivel ’09 found love at Santa Clara. Now they’re raising a little Bronco of their own.
SCM Staff, 15 Aug 2016
5 min read
Finding Family in America
The start of a new family and the grace of motherhood.