For 16 years you've known us by our logo of a little church on a hill—a beacon of hope for Basilian missions. As we continue to evolve and do more for those in need, we want Saint Basil Coffee to reach more people! So you'll be seeing a new look from us soon. Our mission remains the same: We believe coffee can make a difference to help lift themselves out of poverty We are still an all-volunteer nonprofitWe still give 100% of...
Saint Basil Coffee supported Our Lady of Grace School in Kenya with $14,000 in grants last year from the sale of fair-trade coffee, including $9,000 in COVID-19 relief, for feeding school children and funding a government-mandated classroom expansion....
At our partner missions, people lined up daily for food distribution. Through your purchases and donations, we made a big difference to God's people, who had great need this past year. Read more in the highlights below....
The missions we support in Colombia, Kenya and elsewhere are being impacted by COVID-19 in similar ways we are seeing here in the United States. We reached out to the mission leaders of the Basilian Mission in Cali, Colombia, and Our Lady of Grace School in Kisumu, Kenya, and the Basilian Mission in Medellin, Colombia, and here are excerpts of what they shared this month....
We at Saint Basil Coffee look forward to a bright and meaningful year of continued service toward social justice and support of missions serving those most in need. But before we share news about our future, let us take a moment to look back 16 years to when Jim Boyles Sr. first conceived an idea for how he and his family could contribute to Pope John Paul II’s “Call to Social Justice.” SEEING THE NEED It was in 2004 during a conversation around the dining room table that...