Alexia Westmorland writes for Global Sisters Report on our Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity at San Xavier Mission, Tucson, Arizona.
With only three Catholic sisters residing at the majestic San Xavier del Bac Mission on the Tohono O’odham Nation reservation in Tucson, Arizona, it might seem unlikely their impact would extend far beyond the 330-year-old structure’s ornate façade and milky white towers.
But with each sister wielding specialized skills and boundless energy, their ministry has affected the lives of hundreds of tribal members, migrants and unhoused individuals.
This includes conducting outreach across the reservation — one of the country’s largest — as well as contributing to large-scale migrant assistance in their Pima County community, which received over half a million asylum seekers from 2019 to 2024.
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