jeanette_arnquistBy Jeanette Arnquist

 Tucson is in the North, that is the northern part of the Sonoran Desert, about 60 miles north of the border with Mexico. Tucson has been continuously inhabited for over 4,000 years. Jesuit Father Eusebio Kino established Mission San Xavier del Bac in about 1700, just South of Tucson among the Tohono O’Odhom people.

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By Jeanette Arnquist

 I often ask myself who I would be in the Gospel narratives of the Nativity if I had lived in Bethlehem in the 1st Century, and if I would have recognized Jesus as something special if I had seen him.

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By Jeanette Arnquist

 First of all, hello to all of my friends and former colleagues in the Church of San Bernardino, as well as those of you whom I have never met. In the six years since I have retired and moved to Arizona a lot has changed, and a lot has not. More about that later.

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