Boundaries of a parish can easily be defined but the unity of the faithful within that area is all important. “How those Christians love one another” was a saying about the early Church and Fr McKenna set about uniting the people of St Joseph’s. Everyone soon started coming for their Sunday Mass and other devotions and also helped by tidying the outside and inside the Hut-Church.

A Church, School and Presbytery all needed to be built. This required funds. All the usual fund-rising events took place in the hut allowing the Altar and Sanctuary to be partitioned off.