Just after the turn of the century, Father St. John O'Sullivan became pastor of the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Both seemed fated to perish from this earth: Father O'Sullivan from tuberculosis, the Mission from the ravages of time. It was the priest's inspiration to restore the Mission to its previous splendor and create magnificent gardens to rival those of the Alhambra in Spain. Father O'Sullivan survived to oversee the Mission's restoration for twenty-three years. - JC