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Padre Kino at San Xavier del Bac
Spring 1700

Padre Kino started the construction of the first church of San Xavier del Bac in spring 1700 and called the "The Blue Shell Conference." The information received from the Indigenous People at the Conference supported Padre Kino's hypothesis that California was part of the mainland and not an island as then believed. Padre Kino's later discovery that there was an overland route to California renewed the Jesuit mission efforts in Baja California that Padre Kino first started 15 years before and made Padre Kino's maps world famous. On his return trip to his mission headquarters in Sonora, Padre Kino saved a man from execution by riding on horseback over 75 miles in 24 hours.

At the invitation of the people of Bac, Padre Kino first visited their village in August 1692. During their 20 year friendship with Padre Kino, the people of Bac journeyed year-round to his missions in Sonora to help him and to receive his ministry.

Click KinoSanXavierBlueShell1700.pdf  for more about the Spring of 1700 from the book "Kino: A Legacy" by the Spanish colonial historian Charles Polzer, S.J.

Click Kino_Map_1701_Gif.gif  for Kino's Famous 1701 Map of the Sonoran Desert and Its People. On the map the location of the villages San Xavier and San Cosme - present day Tucson is marked below latitude 32 degrees.

Click Cartographer for Padre Kino's other maps and his contributions to world cartographer.


 

Featured Website Presentation
In Celebration of  Arizona's Statehood Centennial
Happy Birthday Arizona
Viva Padre Kino

 

Kino Statue Dedication -  United States Capitol Rotunda
Arizona's 53rd Admission Day - February 14, 1965

 

" A rather emotional moment for all of us from Arizona"

Hon. Stewart L. Udall
Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior 

Opening Remarks and Introductions: James M. Murphy, Master of Ceremonies, at rostrum speaking. Seated (left to right): Hon. Carl Hayden, President Pro Tempore of the US Senate and Senator from Arizona; Susanne Silver­-Cruys, Sculptor; Rev. Ernest J. Burrus, S.J., Historical Institute of the Jesuit Fathers; Hon. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Hon. Samuel P. Goddard, Jr., Governor of the State of Arizona; Rev. Edwin J. McDermott, S.J.; Principal of Brophy College Preparatory High School; Hon. John J. Rhodes, Member of Congress from Arizona;  Most Rev. Francis J. Green, D.D, Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson. 

 

Selected Presentations and Photographs on Website

Invocation by the Most Reverend Francis J. Green, D.D.,Bishop of Tucson, click  US Invocation
Address by The Statue Sculptor, Susanne Silver-Cruys, click US Sculptor
Presentation of Statue by Hon. Samuel P. Goddard, Jr., Governor of the State of Arizona, click US Presentation
Address by Hon. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, click US Remarks
Dedicatory Address by Rev. Ernest J. Burrus, S.J., Historical Institute of the Jesuit Fathers, Rome, Italy "Kino's Vision of the Future", click  US Dedication
Acceptance of Statue for the United States by Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, President Pro Tempore of the U.S.Senate click US Acceptance

 

View Entire Kino Statue Dedication Book Online

To view in pdf format of the entire  "The Acceptance of the Statue of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Presented by the State of Arizona, Proceedings in the Routunda, United States Capitol, Feburary 14, 1965, 89th Congress, 1st Session, House Document No. 158", click US Statue Dedication Book .

 

To access more information and pictures on the US Kino Statue Dedication main page, go to US Capitol Statue

 

Padre Eusebio Franciso Kino. S.J.

(1645 - 1711) 

The eminent UCLA chief librarian and author Lawrence Clark Powell described Father Kino as "the noblest Southwesterner of all."

 Professor Herbert Bolton, former head of the history department of the University of California at Berkeley, curator of the Bancroft Musuem and the father of the study of Spanish colonial history in the United States described Father Kino as  "the most picturesque missionary pioneer of all North America -explorer, astronomer, cartographer, mission builder, ranchman, cattle king and defender of the frontier." Professor Bolton continues his description of Padre Kino as the untiring friend and advocate of the O'odham and other native peoples. Padre Kino also was an university mathmetics and natural sciences professor, historian and thwarted ship builder.

For more information about Padre Kino's life, click Kino's Life

 In 1965 the citizens of Arizona honored Padre Kino by dedicating before 700 dignitaries from all over the world a statue of Padre Kino at the United States Statuary Hall located in the United States Capitol Building. Padre Kino was one of Arizona's two representatives so honored. Click US Capitol Statue for selected speeches.  For copy of dedication book, click US Statue Dedication Book

For more information about Padre Kino's Legacy, click Kino's Legacy

 In 2006 the petition for the cause for Padre Kino's sainthood was completed with the delivery of over 150 pounds of documents to the Vatican. In 2006 with the acceptance of the petition for sainthood Padre Kino was deemed a Servant of God by the Catholic Church. His cause for sainthhood is presently under consideration.

For more information on Padre Kino's cause. click Canonization

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Kino Heritage Society Events

 

Kino Festival at San Xavier Mission

Saturday May 19, 2012

12:00 - 4:30


Events

Kino Festival at San Xavier Mission


San Xavier Mission

Tucson, Arizona


Saturday May 19, 2012

12:30 pm to 4:30 pm


Free Admission  All Welcomed

Scroll down further for Kino Festival events in Arizona at Tubac Presidio Park and Tumacacori National Park.


The Kino Festival at San Xavier joins in solidarity celebratiing Padre Kino's life and legacy with other Kino Festivals held annually in May in communities throughout Sonora and Arizona.

Free Admission

12:30 pm and 1:15 pm

Mission Tours by The Docents of Patronato San Xavier - Tour 45 minutes

 

The mission tours by the Patronato are conducted daily and are opened to the public. The Patronato San Xavier is a nonsectarian, nonprofit organization founded by Southern Arizona community leaders in 1978 to promote the restoration, maintenance and preservation of Mission, a National Historic Landmark. The docents are volunteers from the community, trained in the history, architecture, and culture of the Mission San Xavier and its surroundings.
See www.patronatosanxavier.org

 

Note: The two tours are at 12:30 and 1:15 pm. The main festival events start at 2:00 pm.


2:00 to 2:20 pm

Opening Remarks and Talk on Padre Kino and San Xavier in the Church


2:30 to 3:00 pm

Classic Music Concert by the Tucson's Dolce Musica Quintet in the Church
The members of the woodwind quintet are Barb Bayless, Christie Blute, Lorraine Callahan, David Eckertand Sherry Jameson who are members of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.


Note: The two tours are at 12:30 and 1:15 pm. The main festival events start at 2:00 pm.

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3:00 to 4:30 pm

Courtyard Reception with Book Signing, Art Show, Live Music and Other Entertainment in the Mission San Xavier beautiful courtyard and cool arcades.

 Book Signing
Artist and author Edna San Miguel signs her recent book "Mission San Xavier ... A Story of Saints and Angels, Art and Artists".  Edna beautifully tells the story of our internationally famous mission in both English and Spanish text along with her enchanting illustrations.  She relates the mission's history, architecture and statuary and other art and the efforts of the international team of conservators to preserve it. Edna's book is published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press. See www.ednasanmiguelart.com

Art Show featuring local artists including Edna San Miguel,  Joan Grecchi and The Yoeme Artists' Association.

 
 

Live Music and other entertainment including traditional music of Arizona and Sonora.

Food Available Mexican food plate by Rigo's Restaurant $6


The Mission Museum and Mission Gift Shop wil be open regular hours.
See the Mission's website at www.sanxaviermission.org


For information contact Kino Heritage Society: Mark O'Hare at telephone number 520-325-2366 or email at padrekino@live.com.  Free Admission. All Welcomed


To Download Flyer for the Kino Festival at San Xaiver Mission
Click
Kino_Festival_Flyer.pdf
or
Kino_Festival_Flyer.jpg

 

 Kino Related Events

 


Special Kino Festival Tour

Mission Guevavi and Mission Calabasas


Tumacácori National Historic Park

Tumacácori, Arizona



Wednesday May 16, 2012

8:30 am to 12:00 pm

Regular Park Admission: $3.00

Tumacácori National Historic Park offer this Special Kino Festival Tour to its two associated missions, Kino's Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi and later era San Cayetano de Calabazas.

These fragile ruins, protected within the national park, are normally closed to the public and can be visited only as part of this special reserved guided tour.

Don't miss it. Next regular tour season begins in 2013 from January to March.

General Information on the regular seasonal tours: http://www.nps.gov/tuma/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm

Participation on the Special Kino Festival Tour is by advanced reservation only. For more information and to RSVP, please call the national park at 520-398-2341, extension 0.


Kino Festival at Tumacácori National Park

Tumacácori Arizona

Thursday May 17, 2012

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Regular Park Admission: $3.00

1:00 pm

Music of Sonora
Enjoy an hour of traditional music from Sonora, Mexico in the beautiful Tumacácori visitor center courtyard garden.

 

2:00 pm

Talk:  A Brief History of Sonoran Cuisine, José René Córdoba Rascón, Sociedad Sonora de Historia.
Following the hour of music, José Rascón, anthropologist and consultant to the Instituto Sonorense de Cultura, will speak in the garden.  He will discuss changes in food preparation and ingredients used in Northwestern Mexico from prehistory, as studied by archeologists, through today, with emphasis on changes described in the chronicles of Jesuit missionaries

 

Kino Festival at Tubac Presidio State Park

Tubac, Arizona


Wednesday May 16, 2012 through Sunday May 20, 2012


Operated by the Volunteers of the Tubac Historic Society


Wednesday, May 16 through Sunday, May 20
9 am to 5 pm Daily
Park admission $4 adults, $2 youth 7-13, children free
The Tubac Presidio Museum will display a series of informational panels on the life of Father Kino, on loan from the Kino Heritage Society. The panels describe Kino’s contributions to mapmaking, agriculture, ranching and transportation during his many expeditions to establish missions across the Southwest and Mexico.

Thursday, May 17
12 noon
Park admission $4 adults, $2 youth 7-13, children free
A Spanish language movie about the life of Father Kino will be shown in the Visitor Center. “Kino: La Leyenda del Cura Negro” was filmed in Mexico in 1993 with Enrique Rocha and Rodolfo de Anda. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards.

Thursday, May 17
2 pm
Park admission $4 adults, $2 youth 7-13, children free
Guest speaker from Sonora, Mexico will talk about Padre Kino and his agricultural contributions. A Sonoran musician will perform music related to Padre Kino..

Saturday, May 19
12 noon
Free Admission
The 1977 fact-based movie "The Story of Father Kino" will be shown in the Visitor Center. Richard Egan stars as Kino with co-stars Ricardo Montalban, Cesar Romero and John Ireland.

Sunday, May 20
12 noon
Free Admission
A short film on the life of Father Kino will be shown in the Visitor Center



 

Permanent Exhibits

 

Ted DeGrazia Depicts The Life of Padre Kino

20 Oil Paintings
Permanent Exhibit
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
 6300 N. Swan Road
Tucson, Arizona
Telephone (520) 299-9191 / (800) 886- 5201

Open Daily except select holidays
10 AM to 4 PM.
 Free Admission

For more information click DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun