By Fernanda Echavarri. Patronato is launching a $3 million fundraising campaign.The funds will be used to restore the east tower of the Mission, which is expected to take five years, said Barbara Peck, member of the board of directors for the Patronato. Listen to the...
Efforts to restore the East Tower of the Mission San Xavier del Bac are now underway with the campaign to raise the necessary funds taking a public focus. To date, Patronato’s White Dove Campaign has raised more than $800,000 of the $3 million project goal to restore...
By Johanna Willett. Standing on the east tower of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Bob Vint’s fingers graze the cracking plaster. If Vint, the architect for the mission’s restoration, has anything to say about it, this tower will finally get its due after being an...
For Immediate Release Contact: Clague Van Slyke (520) 325-8660 jobs@patronatosanxavier.org TUCSON, Ariz. – Vern Lamplot has announced his retirement as executive director of Patronato, effective February 28, 2015. Patronato is the non-profit, non-sectarian...
By Ann Brown Ready to scream “Bah! Humbug!”? And it’s only two days into all-things-holidays month of December. Take a deep breath and head out to Mission San Xavier del Bac and get back in touch with the spirit of the season. Read the full story...