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Watch now: A little history of Mission San Xavier del Bac
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Johanna Eubank
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In 1700, Father Eusebio Francisco Kino put down the foundations for a church at the village of Bac, on the Santa Cruz River near modern Tucson, to be named after his patron saint, St. Francis Xavier.
Johanna Eubank
Online producer
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San Xavier Mission's unique Nativity scene gets manger makeoverJust in time for Christmas, San Xavier Mission worshippers can rock the baby Jesus in his cradle, thanks to restoration work on the O’odham Nativity scene at the church near Tucson.
