Honoring Padre Kino

Join us at St. Augustine Cathedral at 10 a.m. as we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Lent and remember Padre Kino on the 315th anniversary of his death. You can learn more about Padre Kino by visiting Venerable Padre Kino
We continue to pray for the canonization of Padre Kino

Almighty God, Lord of the Nations, You inspired your servant, Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino, with a love for the Peoples of the Americas, and filled him with selfless zeal for the proclamation of the Gospel by his words and actions.

In his desire to share the blessings of the Gospel of peace, You made him a true ‘bridge-builder’ between peoples and cultures, and a model for true evangelization. In his love for the Native Peoples, you made him a champion of justice, in protecting their lives and their dignity as Your sons and daughters.

We thank you, Father, for the heavenly favors You bestowed upon him in his lifetime of service, and which continue among us, the inheritors of his legacy of loving service to all.  With confidence, we beg You, through his intercession, to grant the petitions we bring before You. . .  We ask, too, that if be in accordance with Your will, that the holiness of his life may be acknowledged by the Church, for the greater glory of Your Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.