MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO SELECTS

M. ZUCKERMAN

PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING, INC.

 

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA – July 24, 2007- Madeline Zuckerman, President of M. Zuckerman Public Relations & Marketing, Inc., has announced that her firm has been selected by Mission San Juan Capistrano to handle the public relations for the Mission’s 2007 “Romance of the Mission” Gala on September 14th.

All monies raised from this years Gala will go to the restoration and preservation of the South Museum Wing of the Mission. Today all of the South Wing is original and remains intact, except for two rooms built west of the dormitory. The Gala will feature a concert by one of the most talked about upcoming American tenors on either side of the pop/classical divide, Michael Amante. Michael Amante first made his mark at The Mission in 2004 when he wowed the audience with the first concert in the Great Stone Church in over two hundred years. Mission Preservation Foundation President, Tony Moiso, has announced that the Honorary Chair of this year’s Gala will be Erma Jean Tracy.

Known as the “Jewel of the Missions,” Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded November 1, 1776 by Padre Junipero Serra. It was the seventh mission in the chain of the twenty-one California missions which were established by Spain. The Mission prospered for nearly fifty years until Mexico declared its independence from Spain in 1821. In 1845 it was sold to Don Juan Forster and was used as the family residence until it was returned to the Catholic Church by President Lincoln in 1865.
Today over 330,000 guests visit Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano each year, a place of inspiration, education and preservation. Preservation measures continue to take place at this historical and cultural site.

Construction of the South Museum Wing of the Mission began in 1778 with three rooms, in what is now the western portion of the South Wing, serving as a kitchen and temporary residence for the missionaries. In 1779, it was extended to the east and west to provide a permanent residence for the priests and to serve as a dormitory for the unmarried girls of the Mission. When the Serra Chapel was completed in 1782, an open space was left between it and the priests’ living quarters. This gap was filled in 1800 with a sala built of fired brick. The sala has undergone several changes and has had multiple uses as living quarters, temporary place of worship, and Father Mut’s residence.

Founded 30 years ago, Madeline Zuckerman Public Relations & Marketing, Inc. is a full service marketing, branding, and communications company offering creative, highly charged mass communications marketing programs for its clients. In addition to offering public relations, branding, marketing, media relations, issues management, designing promotional (logos) products, crisis management, community relations, special events expertise, and advertising/graphic design services, the Agency is able to create and develop strategic marketing alliances for its clients through its expertise and network of contacts. The firm is located at 15 Corporate Plaza, Suite 100 in Newport Beach, California, and has a branch office located in Palm Springs, California. For more information contact Madeline Zuckerman at (949) 644-4777 or Madeline@zuckerman-marketing.com.