The first statue was erected in Tucson in 1988, according to Kino A Legacy, a book written by the late Jesuit Rev. Charles W. Polzer, a cinema scholar. The three statues of Kino on Horseback were cast by the late sculptor Julián Martinez from Mexico City. Martinez accepted $ 25,000 for the project, which Polzer described as “very generous”.
A woman prays in the makeshift crypt of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico in July 1966.
Dan Tortorell, citizen of Tucsonson
Garcia said the Tucson celebration is important because “it will keep the cinematic heritage alive. Padre Kino, the “patron saint of the Borderlands,” had a vision of social justice for all, “she said.
“This celebration of the Three Statues for Three Nations is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the enduring legacy of Padre Kino as ‘bridge builder between peoples and cultures’ and an opportunity to strengthen our common history and humanity,” said Adolf.
“There is no one like Padre Kino who represents the union of these border areas with such bravery,” said Rafael Barceló, Mexican consul in Tucson. “Sonorans and Arizonans alike value his enduring legacy as builders of a new community by creating separate worlds with a deep understanding and respect for humanity and a cosmogony that prevailed for both Mexico and the United States. “
Last year Pope Francis approved cinema being declared a “venerable” person two steps from holiness. Weisenburger said at the time that the formal approval of the Pope had recognized cinemas’ lives of “heroic virtue”.
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