Update on Mission San Gabriel

                              Mission San Gabriel continues to make great progress with repairs to the Church two years after the fire in July, 2020. The recent restrictions made getting repair equipment and new materials more difficult and timely. The Mission hopes...

A Critical Retrofit of Mission Santa Inés

The California Missions Foundation (CMF) is joining with Mission Santa Inés for a critical retrofit of the mission, which will be a $3.6 million project. CMF is currently forming a fundraising committee and will be reaching out to engage everyone from the local...

“Pilgrimage to Magdalena” Film

Border Community Alliance (BCA), a local nonprofit based in Tubac, AZ, is offering group showings of its award-winning film, “Pilgrimage to Magdalena” to Tucson-area groups during fall 2022.  This 30-minute film documents the centuries-old, cross-order...

More Hispanic Colonial Books Available

The Hispanic Heritage Project announced the recent acquisition of the following books: Poblar la Frontera, Chantal Cramaussel – $85 Matrimonios en la ciudad de Mexico 1568-1577, Patricia S. Hyde and Egan de Warren – $49 The Bexar Archives, Adan Benavides,...

Gifted Oil Painting Revealed at The Alamo

On September 24, 2021, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, The Alamo and the Jose Miguel Arciniega Descendants Society (JMADS) unveiled an oil painting by artist David Baisden, Alamo de Parras, that was commissioned by Donna Lee De Leon, President of JMADS (2016) and...