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- Patronato Founder “Retires”For Immediate Release From Patronato San Xavier 520 407-6130 June 20, 2013 Bunny Fontana – The Heart of San Xavier’s Restoration It may be that one insight led Bernard “Bunny” Fontana to a fruitful and singular career. “I realized the someone doing anthropology could do it here, that it wasn’t necessary to go to Africa or to Asia or to ...Read more »
- “Influential” Building Mission San Xavier subject of KUAT programThe history of Tucson dates back well before the area had its name, and some of its history is reflected in architecture. “I don’t think buildings so much as change their society as they reflect their society. I think we might discuss buildings that express the culture that produced them,” said Tucson architect Bob Vint. He chose ...Read more »
- “Jewel in the Desert” by BizTucsonBy Monica Surfaro Spigelman. Surely it is the light that first attracts us to this great house of worship. Light paints a magical scene at Mission San Xavier del Bac, the queen of all the Pimería Alta churches and the finest example of Spanish Mission architecture in the United States. Tourists and Tucsonans alike are inspired ...Read more »
- Patronato San Xavier Recognized by Arizona’s CentennialPatronato San Xavier has been named a recipient of one of 10 Governor’s Centennial Awards. The awards to acknowledge “outstanding achievements in the preservation of Arizona historic and prehistoric cultural resources during the State’s first 100 years.”Read more »
- Docent Program to be Featured on Buckmaster Radio ShowPatronato San Xavier’s new docent tour program is featured on the Bill Buckmaster show on today, Wednesday, July 20.Read more »
- Tours Featured on KOLDKOLD News, Tucson’s CBS affiliate, featured a story on the docent program on Saturday, July 16.Read more »
- Docent Program Profiled in Arizona Daily StarTucson’s daily newspaper, The Arizona Daily Star, profiled Patronato’s new docent program in the Sunday, July 10 edition.Read more »