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As a mission congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, we are partially funded by the diocese and supported by the office of Bishop Hughes. Our mission began life as a spin-off of St. Michael's by the Sea, a larger parish in Carlsbad. We have received various forms of support from St. Michael's by the Sea.
Beginning in the early 1980s, the Diocese wanted a spiritual presence in the rapidly-growing South Carlsbad area. It was agreed that St. Michael's by the Sea would sponsor a mission congregation, and a nucleus of members there began planning the new mission. They were joined by Father Neal Moquin, who was then the curate at St. Michael's.
Holy Cross held its first services on November 30, 1986, the first Sunday in Advent, in a community center next to the La Costa Heights Elementary School on Levante Street in Carlsbad.
As we have grown, we have added a second service on Sunday and twice moved to larger temporary facilities, first in a storefront office at the intersection of La Costa Avenue and El Camino Real, and then in 1995 at our current location in an office park on Corte del Cedro near Palomar Airport.
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