In October, 1957, during the term of Mrs. Mason Briscoe as State Regent, the Texas Society concluded another historical project which involved a DAC marker to commemorate La Lomita Chapel on the grounds of the Oblate Fathers’ Seminary near Mission, Texas. Believed by competent authorities to be older than the San Antonio missions, the chapel had been in continuous use since before 1824. The Society’s bronze plaque was placed on the south outside wall of Mission’s First State Bank and Trust Company, where traffic is required to stop before making a southward turn onto Highway 82 to reach the chapel, some three miles distant.

 

With priests and novices of Saint Peter’s Novitiate taking part, a ceremony was held at the chapel which was the “mission” from which the town took its name. Music was provided by the choir of the Novitiate. Those in attendance returned to the marker site for dedication of the plaque and presentation of it to the City of Mission, followed by a luncheon.

Oct 1957—La Lomita Mission

 

near Mission, Texas

Texas State Historical Markers