Become A Friend of Patronato
Friends of Patronato are our Friends in Philanthropy
Become a Friend of Patronato by making annual philanthropic gifts of $50 or more during our fiscal year, July 1 – June 30.
Cumulative Philanthropic gifts received within the prior fiscal year will be used to establish your Friends level for the current fiscal year. (Event Tickets and Merchandise purchases are not included as qualifying philanthropic gifts.)
Should you wish for your philanthropic giving to remain Anonymous in future Donor Listings please call 520.409.0025 or email us at info@patronatosanxavier.org
Friends of Patronato Levels and Benefits
Basic
Individual: $50
Basic Benefits:
All Friends of Patronato (FOP) Levels Include these Basic Benefits:
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Invitations to FOP Lecture Series on Zoom
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Invitation to our annual Open House at the Mission
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Subscription to Patronato’s printed Newsletter
- Listing in our Annual Report featured on Patronato’s website
Supporting Friends
Concert Friend: $100-$499
Includes Basic benefits plus:
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Advance mailing of the Patronato’s Christmas at San Xavier Concert Invitation. This Concert Series ranked #5 on USA Today’s “10 Best Holiday Attractions in Tucson” List and takes place annually the second week of December.
Mission Friend: $500-$999
Includes Concert Friend benefits plus:
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Onsite Donor Panel Listing at Mission San Xavier for one year
- Private Tour for up to 6 people including Behind the Scenes Tour of the Baptistry and Choir Loft. These tours are led by members of our Staff or Docent Team. Tour date/time coordinated to meet your availability.
Kino* Circle Friends: $1,000-$9,999
Includes all Basic and Supporting Friend benefits plus:
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- An invitation to attend Patronato’s annual Kino Circle Celebration recognizing our most loyal and generous donors giving cumulative philanthropic gifts of $1,000 or more each fiscal year
- Private Behind-the-Scenes Tour for up to 6 people including the opportunity to meet with conservators working onsite. Tour date/time coordinated to meet your availability.
- Exclusive invitation to join an occasional travel opportunity touring Missions of the Southwest
For more information, please call 520.409.0025.
*Significant People & Places:
Kino | Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuit missionary, astronomer, cartographer, rancher and explorer served under the Spanish Crown. He founded 24 missions and visitas in the Pimería Alta region, now divided between the Mexican state of Sonora and Arizona. Kino founded Mission San Xavier del Bac in 1692 and it is known as the “Northern Rim of Christendom” in the chain of Kino Missions.
Santa Cruz | For centuries, the Santa Cruz River has shaped the geography, agriculture, and lifeways of the village of Wa:k, and subsequently Mission San Xavier. In O’odham, Wa:k can mean “go in” referencing the part of the Sant Cruz river where the water seems to disappear back underground and maintain a subterranean flow. Though it used to run above ground for most of the year, today water can be seen in the Santa Cruz during the desert rainy seasons in winter and summer.
Gaona | Ignacio Gaona is the likely mason/architect of Mission San Xavier’s elegant, white stucco Moorish-inspired exterior with the ornately decorated façade. Construction began in 1783 and work ended when funds were exhausted in 1797. Goana was also the architect of La Purísima Concepción de Caborca, a mission church with similarities to Mission San Xavier built from 1797-1808.
Velderrain | Father Juan Bautista Velderrain, a Basque Franciscan arrived at San Xavier in 1776 and began construction of the present church. He may have hired the Basque architect, Ignacio Gaona, and a large workforce of members of the Wa:k community to build what was to become one of the most outstanding examples of Spanish Colonial Ultra Baroque art and architecture in the United States.
Granjon | Henry Regis Granjon was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Tucson from 1900 until his death in 1922. In the early 1900s, Bishop Granjon ordered renovations and new construction on the church and oversaw repairs to the church façade and mortuary wall which were damaged by an earthquake in 1887. In addition to having the church entirely replastered, Father Granjon also had the Granjon Gate designed and built to enclose the patio at the back of the Mission’s Convento Wing. Funding most of this work himself, Father Granjon leaves a generous legacy of historic preservation and philanthropy.