Day Is Done at San Javier del Bac Mission
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Day Is Done at San Javier del Bac Mission
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
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Photograph - Photography
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DAY IS DONE AT SAN JAVIER DEL BAC MISSION by PRISCILLA BURGERS
As the sun sets, Mission San Javier del Bac's white walls seem to glow in the darkening light. The mission's nickname is "The White Dove of the Desert". It is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located south of Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham San Xavier Indian Reservation. Named in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino for a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), the Mission is also known as the "place where the water appears," as there were once natural springs in the area. The Santa Cruz River, which now runs only part of the year, is also nearby. The Mission is situated in the center of a centuries-old Indian settlement of the Tohono O'odham, formerly known as Papago, located along the banks of the Santa Cruz River. It is a pilgrimage site with thousands of pilgrims visiting the church each year and is on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
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