Editing Mission San Xavier del Bac (section)

==21st century==
[[File:SanXavierDelBacMission.jpg|thumb|The mission as seen from the hill east of the complex]]

Unlike the other [[Spanish missions in Arizona]], San Xavier is still actively run by Franciscans, and continues to serve the native community by which it was built. Widely considered to be the finest example of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States, the Mission hosts some 200,000 visitors each year.<ref name=History/> It is open to the public daily, except when being used for church services. The [[Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity]], who have taught at the school since 1872, continue with their work and reside in the mission convent.<ref>[http://fscc-calledtobe.org Franciscans. Retrieved 17 July 2017.]</ref> It has a [[mausoleum]] which is open for visiting.<ref>[https://www.sanxaviermission.org/ San Xavier del Bac Mission]</ref>
The mission makes a cameo appearance in [[Willa Cather]]'s 1927 novel ''[[Death Comes for the Archbishop]]'' when it is described by Vaillant as "the most beautiful church on the continent, though it had been neglected for more than two hundred years."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cather |first1=Willa |title=Death Comes for the Archbishop |date=1927 |publisher=Penguin Modern Classics |location=London |isbn=978-0241338261 |page=155 }}</ref>

Mission San Xavier del Bac was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1960 and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1966.<ref name="nhlsum2">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=103&ResourceType=Building|title=San Xavier del Bac Mission|access-date=2007-09-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728053727/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=103&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2007-07-28}}.</ref><ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000191}}|format=PDF|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: San Xavier del Bac Mission|author=Marilynn Larew|date=February 1978|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2009-05-05}} and {{NHLS url|id=66000191|title=Accompanying 16 photos, 15 by Marilynn Larew from 1977, 1 from 1877 after earthquake.|photos=y}}.</ref> The [[San Xavier Festival]] is held the evening of the Friday after [[Easter]] and features a torch-light parade of [[Tohono O'odham]] and [[Yaqui people|Yaqui]] tribal members.