It is significant that the reputation of Padre Kino has inspired some young people of Sonora (Mexico) and Arizona to join forces for bringing aid to migrants at the border between the two countries in Nogales.

15740962_1383267535051564_3607141864102040681_nKino Teens are teens who have an affiliation with the Kino Border Initiative. They work with Jesuits who follow in the footsteps of Padre Kino, the outstanding Jesuit Missionary who first came to this area. Like him, they seek to bring justice, economic prosperity, and faith to norhtern Mexico and Arizona.

Affiliates may help personally at the border or may support the work by raising funds or collecting food and clothing.

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see more on their Facebook profile at:
https://www.facebook.com/Kino-Teens-178528212192175/