Mission Park is a medium-sized park in Downtown Ventura across Main Street from Mission San Buenaventura and sits between the Figueroa Street Mall and the Museum of Ventura County. The park currently is the location of the only public restrooms in Downtown Ventura, and has some of the oldest fig trees in the area as… Read more »

Saint Bonaventure (Italian: San Bonaventura, Spanish: San Buenaventura) was an Italian Franciscan theologian and saint who lived in the 13th century. He is considered one of the 36 Doctors of the Catholic Church. Mission San Buenaventura was dedicated to the saint by Father Junípero Serra in 1782. In recent years, promoters of the City of… Read more »

Junípero Serra y Ferrer was a Franciscan missionary priest, born on the island of Majorca, Spain in 1713. He founded one mission in Baja California, and the first nine of the 21 (Alta) California missions. He founded Mission San Buenaventura in 1782, his ninth and last.

Holy Cross is a pre-kindergarten through 8th grade Roman Catholic parochial school attached to the Mission San Buenaventura and directly across Main Street from Mission Park. Helpful Links Holy Cross School Homepage

Quick Info Name: Mission San Buenaventura Address: 210 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93001-2623 Pastor: Fr. Tom Elewaut, V.F. Office Manager: Claudia Tellez Phone: (805) 643-4318 Email: parishoffice@sanbuenaventuramission.org Description A currently active Roman Catholic parish with day-school, Mission San Buenaventura is one of the 21 Spanish Missions founded in California in the 18th and 19th… Read more »