The Patronato Blog

Docent Tour Schedule Moves to Summer Hours

Tours of Mission San Xavier will continue through the summer, but the hours have changed. Tours now begin at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.  When possible, we will note exceptions on the tour schedule.  See Visit or the main page for the docent calendar.  There is no...

Seats Still Available for Patronato Spring Concert

Seats are still available for Patronato’s 4th annual spring concert at San Xavier.   Cellist Harry Clark & his wife, pianist Sanda Schuldmann will perform a program of chamber music, honoring San Xavier’s history in Arizona’s centennial year. This year’s concert is scheduled for Sunday, April 15th at 5 p.m.  with an informal...

Patronato San Xavier Recognized by Arizona’s Centennial

Patronato San Xavier has been named a recipient of one of 10 Governor’s Centennial Awards. The awards are determined by the Arizona preservation community, and endorsed by the governor, to acknowledge “outstanding achievements in the preservation of Arizona historic and prehistoric cultural resources during the State’s first 100 years.” The...

A Border Runs Though It

You’ve seen him on television for years, and now you can read more about the stories he has told to Southern Arizona audiences through the program “Arizona Illustrated.”  Patronato board member, storyteller and now a Heritage Fellow of the National Endowment of the Arts, Jim Griffith has written a new...