Editor Note: The purpose of the Kino Heritage Section Page is to feature information about Kino's lasting heritage and legacy and to be a webpage from where the pages about specific aspects of Kino heritage can be accessed from. See page links in the left column for Heritage Section Page Links, Biography Section Page Links and Resources Section Page Links.

One of 300 Life Saving Water Stations
For Migrants Facing Death When Walking Across The Sonoran Desert
Maintained by Borderland Volunteer Humanitarians
More than 2,500 Remains of Migrants Have Been Found in the Desert Since 2001

The Kino Border Initiative
One of Padre Kino's Greatest Living Legacies

The Kino Border Initiative lead by Padre Kino's Jesuit brothers provides humanitarian assistance on the Mexico side of the border by offering emergency aid to migrants who have been deported from the United States to Nogales Sonora without money, food, shelter or other resources.

The Kino Border Initiative also provides workshops and promotes research and education about the realities of the United States-Mexico border.

The Kino Border Initiative together with The Hope Border Institute created a 26 page publication in a comic-strip format that puts a human face to desert deaths, deportation statistics and the global migration crisis. The publication is free online in English and Spanish and can be downloaded at Migrant: Stories of Hope and Resiliency and Migrante: Historia de Esperanza y Resistencia.

To learn more about Padre Kino's living legacy click on Kino Border Initiative and Jesuit Refugee Services.

State of Arizona's Kino Statue
National Hall of Heroes
United States Capitol - Washington, D.C.

State of Arizona's Kino Statue
United States National Hall of Heroes

See U.S. Capitol Statue page

DeGrazia's Mission in the Sun Chapel
"Dedicated to Father Kino in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe for the Indians"
Ted DeGrazia - December 12, 1953
No Admission Fee for Chapel

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun and Museum

Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia Depicts The Life of Padre Kino
Permanent Exhibit of 20 Oil Paintings

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

Open Daily except select holidays
10 AM to 4 PM.
Entrance Fee for Gallery Admission

For more information, click →
https://degrazia.org/

Also visit DeGrazia's  Mission in the Sun Chapel, the community chapel non denominational on the Gallery grounds that is dedicated to Father Kino. Free Admission. No Entrance Fee for the chapel and outside grounds.

Associated Kino Organizations

Associazione Culturale Padre Eusebio F. Chini
Kino organization in Europe
Website in English, Italian, Spanish and German
For website, click →
http://padrekino.org

Por Los Caminos de Kino & Its Fundación
Kino organization in Mexico
For information in Spanish and English about:
For website, click →
http://fundacionkino.blogspot.com/

Mission San Xavier del Bac
Community of Wa:k, Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona

Mission San Xavier del Bac - Padre Kino's Querencia

See San Xavier del Bac page

Kino Masoleum - Monument Plaza
National Monument of Mexico
Magdalena, Sonora

Kino Masoleum

See Magdalena Pilgrimage page and Kino Grave Discovery History page