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

Fondazione Padre Eusebio Chini, ETS
and the affiliated orgnization 
The 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 - Kino Monument Plaza
National Monument of Mexico
Magdalena, Sonora

Kino Masoleum

See Magdalena Pilgrimage page and Kino Grave Discovery History page

Lyrics to The Song "El Misionero a Caballo"
Compose by Rómulo Molina Romero
Upon the Discovery of Kino's Grave in May 1966

Cuando vino el Padre Kino desde Europa
por la ha senda del Creador a trabajar
Arizona, California y Sonora
Son testigos de su obra sin igual
Al llegar a caminos a distintos lugares
Por a dentro de las tribus atendió
Y al causando el bien de los hogares
El cariño de la gente conquisto

Y se antoja imaginarlo en su caballo
Cabalgando por los valles sin parar
Al galop en tendido y sin descanso
A su rebano tratando de llegar

Desafiando los peligros del desierto
y la prisa de su eterno caminar
con partidas y con grandes sufrimientos
A alguien destiento tenía que auxiliar
In pulsaba también la ganaderilla
el cultivo desde siempre aprecio
En las parte de la santa serranilla
sus valiosas enseñanzas impartió

Y se antoja imaginarlo en su caballo
Cabalgando por los valles sin parar
Al galop en tendido y sin descanso
A su rebano tratando de llegar

In contable sus jornadas misioneras
Por de nuestra civilización
Y teniendo que luchar algunas penas
El cansancio con su vida termino
Y todo sea sabido por la historia
Cuantas obras en su vida realizo
Hoy por eso todo mundo en su memoria
Pensamientos en su honor le dedico

English Translation of Song "El Missionero A Caballo
By Blair Morton Armstrong.
"Lines for Father Kino - Missionary to the Pimas" from book "Arizona Anthem"

When Father Kino came from Europe
he was sent by the Creator to do great works
in Arizona, California and Sonora
Testimonies to his unequaled labors lie
In inhospitable regions
There Indian tribes learned and benefited
His influence reaching afar
Winning the souls of the native people.

Imagine him on his horse
Riding through the valleys alone
Galloping without rest
Pressing on in the face of danger.

Defying the dangers of the desert
speeding along the endless road
ignoring fatigue and enormous suffering
He helped the Indians
putting aside self interest
cultivating his works on the frontier
his beautiful thoughts affecting
all he encountered.

Imagine him on his horse
Riding through the valleys alone
Galloping without rest
Pressing on in the face of danger.

His great missionary journeys
were the pillar of our civilization
The ideas that he fought for
without ceasing to the end of his life
make up his history
Revealing that his ideals were realized
so that all the world now knows of him
and memorialize, his life and thoughts.

Imagine him on his horse
Riding through the valleys alone
Galloping without rest
Pressing on in the face of danger.

To Print
Spanish lyrics & English translation

Click El Misionero a Caballo Lyrics document (text)
Click El Misionero a Caballo Lyrics document (pdf )

To hear versions of the song on this website, click
Multimedia Online Page

The Kino Saga Symphony
Camil Van Hulse
 

On February 20, 1983, The Kino Saga Symphony composed by Camil Van Hulse had its premier performance by the Philharmonia of Tucson (today's Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra) at Tucson's Temple of Music and Art On February 20, 1983. The Kino Saga Symphomy is in two movements: "The Sonoran Desert" and "Three Indian Dances." The conductor of the premier performance was László Veres.

Camil Van Hulse (1897-1988) was the Tucson Symphony Orchestra's first conductor and wrote orchestral works, oratorios and cantatas, and chamber music. His works for organ comprise several symphonies, suites and symphonic poems, as well as a large quantity of shorter pieces published in some fifteen volumes. His liturgical works are gaining increasing popularity and are played around the world.

To download, the first movement (wav format), "The Sonora Desert, click
First Movement
To download the second movement (wav format) "Three Indian Dances, click
Second Movement