is also an art conservator working on the mission's exterior and interior. "It's a labor of love," Lewis said. Lewis grew up on the Tohono O'odham Nation and has always gone to mass at San Xavier.

The ornate entrance to San Xavier Mission will soon get a much-needed ... surfaces to “retain as many of the original finishes and paint as we can,” said Starr Herr-Cardillo, conservation ...

(KGUN) — San Xavier del Bac Mission has been part of the Tohono ... "This was all flaking," explained Rubio. "Paint flakes were this big. They were hanging. We did the most emergency work ...

Joseph’s broken leg has healed, and the angel has his wings back at San Xavier ... at the mission for decades. Moreno is Lewis’ niece. She said she didn’t have much interest in art or ...

On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, the smoky smell of frybread greeted visitors as they entered the San Xavier del Bac ... on conserving mural art and plaster walls in the mission's sacristy, and ...

READERS' PICK: The spectacular San Xavier ... on the mission's centennial in the spring of 1997. At least two of these resident experts, who are learning state-of-the-art techniques (the same ...

Church officials discovered the vandalism at the San Xavier Mission at sunrise Thursday ... cleaning the surfaces to remove the black spray paint as much as possible and then plastering over ...