- Close look at Mission San Xavier’s intricate entrance reveals surprises Friday, December 31, 2021
By Henry Brean | Arizona Daily Star
Art conservators found something staring back at them when they climbed the scaffolding last month to study the façade of Southern Arizona’s most famous church. As it turns out, the doomsday mouse at San Xavier del Bac has round, metal nails for eyes. That was news to Tim ...
Read more » - Conservation of Mission San Xavier’s East Tower underway; work to be completed within a year Monday, March 22, 2021
(March 22, 2021— Tucson, Ariz.)— The Patronato San Xavier has begun the second phase of work on the East Tower of Mission San Xavier this month. Scaffolding is already going up to facilitate this phase, which will take approximately a year to complete. This is the first major exterior project since The Patronato completed the Conservation Management ...
Read more » - Tucson Opinion: Preserving Mission San Xavier in a time of crisis |tucson.com Saturday, July 25, 2020
By Miles Green Special to the Arizona Daily Star. We don’t need to look east for our history. Mission San Xavier, designated as one of the first National Historic Landmarks in 1960, is an active parish that typically welcomes over 200,000 visitors a year. Visits inside the church are currently limited to 5 minutes.
Read more » - Towering task awaits conservators at San Xavier Mission Monday, February 10, 2020
The White Dove of the Desert will soon glow even brighter. Mission San Xavier is set to undergo its biggest preservation project in more than a decade, thanks to a 2018 national grant award and a new conservation master plan now in the works.
Read more » - The new 1783 Society offers a way to make a difference, forever. Saturday, April 22, 2017
Generous people are choosing to leave a gift to Patronato in their wills to ensure the future of the Mission.
Read more » - Need a Good Speaker? Sunday, April 23, 2017
Would your service club or organization like to hear about the Mission and Patronato’s effort to restore and preserve it?
Read more » - National Grant Program Pledges More Funding Towards Saving Historic Churches, including Mission San Xavier Sunday, November 11, 2018
Philadelphia, PA – The National Fund for Sacred Places has selected 13 congregations and nonprofits, including Patronato San Xavier on behalf of Mission San Xavier, from a field of 178 applicants to participate in a national historic preservation grant-making program that gives awardees access to hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore some of ...
Read more » - Visit Tucson’s Marisol Vindiola Joins Patronato San Xavier Board of Directors Tuesday, February 12, 2019
TUCSON, AZ – Visit Tucson’s Director of Mexico Initiatives Marisol Vindiola recently joined the Board of Directors of Patronato San Xavier, a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization founded in 1978 to conserve, preserve and maintain Mission San Xavier del Bac. This National Historic Landmark was founded in 1692 by Jesuit Missionary Father Eusebio Francisco Kino. The Mission is ...
Read more » - Share Mission San Xavier with Visitors from Around the World Monday, August 12, 2019
Learn more about the Patronato San Xavier Docent Program at an information meeting Wednesday, September 18, 2018 from 10 a.m. to noon in the multi-purpose room at the San Xavier District Office, 2018 San Xavier Rd, Tucson, AZ 85746. Click here to RSVP.
Patronato San Xavier is recruiting volunteer docents to provide guided tours of Mission San Xavier del Bac ...
Read more » - Teachers Invited to Learn about Mission San Xavier and Student Field Trips on August 24 Monday, August 5, 2019
All teachers in the greater Tucson area are cordially invited to attend an informational in-service on Mission San Xavier del Bac on Saturday, August 24, 2019 from 8:30am-12:30pm
Read more » - Friends of Western Art to Host Auction to Benefit Conservation Efforts Monday, February 4, 2019
Tucson, AZ – Friends of Western Art, a Southern Arizona nonprofit organization, will hold a live auction of donated original art by several prominent Arizona artists on Saturday, October 12, 2019 beginning at 3 p.m. at the Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, Arizona. The event, San Xavier-Inspired: An Art Auction to Promote and Preserve, will benefit the Patronato San Xavier, a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization founded ...
Read more » - Carlos Zapién Brings Evening of Spanish Bolero to Mission San Xavier on March 31 Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Tucson, AZ – Tenor Carlos Zapién headlines the Patronato San Xavier Spring Concert at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Mission San Xavier, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd. in Tucson. An evening of Spanish bolero, Zapién will perform selections from his 2017 album “Siempre Mia,” which features many well-known favorites from this genre. Zapién ...
Read more » - Kimberly D. Ely Named Development Director Saturday, September 1, 2018
She is promoting and raising funds for the restoration, maintenance and preservation of the Mission San Xavier del Bac.
Read more » - “Tucson’s San Xavier del Bac an enduring symbol of borderlands history” from the Tampa Bay Times Friday, May 5, 2017
“…I lived in Tucson for a decade and visited San Xavier often, drawn by its cultural significance, its beauty and its air of timeless calm…”
Read more » - Share Mission San Xavier with Visitors from Around the World! Thursday, August 16, 2018
Learn more about our Docent Program on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from 10 a.m. to noon in the St. Clare Room at Mission San Xavier del Bac, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd. in Tucson.
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