Dave Coyne’s bloodwood crosses.

Fr. Fredrick Mwangi Kooro, a Kenyan missionary priest, spoke at St Joe in July 2021 to raise funds for his parish, St Josephine Bakhita in Nairobi.  Parishioner Dave Coyne gave him a cross make from bloodwood and pine to take home with him.  Last summer Fr. Fred contacted Dave and asked him to make 300 crosses.  Fr. Fred’s plan was going to bless the homes of each of his 300 parishioners and ask them to buy a cross.  The money would be used to build a school for the parishioners' children.  Just as Dave was finishing making the last of the crosses to ship to Nairobi, Fr. Fred reached out again and asked for another 150 crosses!!  More people had heard about his plan to build a school and were joining his congregation and wanted to buy a cross to help pay for the school.  Thank you, Dave, for this amazing outreach!