Father Greg Adolf will be one of the speakers at the Kino Symposium on Saturday, Oct, 29, 2022 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Cathedral Square in downtown Tucson. His topic: Padre Kino: Apostle on Horseback. Fr. Greg is the pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Sierra Vista and a member of the Kino Heritage Society. He […]
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Keynote Speaker for the 2022 Kino Symposium
On Oct. 29, 2022 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Cathedral Square in Tucson, the Kino Heritage Society will sponsor a symposium including a presentation on the present pathway to Kino’s canonization. The keynote address: Finding Father Kino on the Trail between History and Hagiography. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Brescia, head of research and curator […]
Three Statues for Three Nations Ceremony
Award-winning journalist Tony Gutiérrez reported on the 2021 Three Statues for Three Nations ceremony and Mass, and on Father Kino’s path to sainthood. Read Tony’s article in The Catholic Sun.
Bishop Weisenburger Presides at 2022 Kino Prayer Service
Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Tucson presided and preached at the solemn vespers service on March 20, 2022 at St. Augustine Cathedral. The service commemorated Father Kino’s death 311 years earlier, and included new music by Carlos Zapién. Read about it in the Diocese of Tucson’s New Outlook.
Kino Symposium, October 2022
On Oct. 29, 2022 the Kino Heritage Society will sponsor a symposium including a presentation on the present pathway to Kino’s canonization. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Brescia, president of the Southwest Mission Research Center at the University of Arizona. Watch this space for updates on other speakers and their topics.
Recovery of Father Kino Relic
Coverage by the Arizona Daily Star‘s Carmen Duarte of the opening of Father Kino’s crypt in 2022.