2025-2026 FOCUS Missionaries to Hope College: Nicholas Fornarotto (Team Director), Katie Pattee, Katy Genna, and Patrick McCoy. Not pictured: Lily-Kate Prichard.
In the fall of 2023, the Saint Benedict Institute began a partnership with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), bringing FOCUS campus missionaries to Hope College.
The mission of FOCUS is “to know Christ Jesus and fulfill his Great Commission.” FOCUS does this by inviting college students into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church, inspiring and equipping them for a lifetime of Christ-centered evangelization, discipleship, and friendship in which they lead others to do the same.
In the short time FOCUS has been on campus, hundreds of Hope students have attended their Bible studies as well as the annual FOCUS SEEK conference. We are grateful for their ministry!
Our 2025-2026 Focus Missionaries:
Nicholas Fornarotto
FOCUS Team Director
Nicholas Fornarotto grew up in Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated from Hope College in 2022 with a degree in mechanical engineering. During his time at Hope, Nicholas encountered Christ in the Eucharist through a friend. He went on to join the Catholic Church his senior year. After experiencing the love of God in the Church, he had a desire to share this love with others. With some prompting from friends, Nicholas looked into FOCUS and went on to become a missionary. He served his first year at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and is now in his second year at Hope College. He can be reached at nicholas.fornarotto@focus.org.
Patrick McCoy
Focus Missionary
Patrick McCoy grew up in Gonzales, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 2025 with a degree in computer science and a minor in secondary education. Patrick grew up in a Catholic household, but did not take the faith seriously until his sophomore year at Louisiana Tech, when his best friend invited him to a Thursday night Bible Study. During his junior year he got involved in a FOCUS Bible Study and discipleship, which taught him the importance of prayer and the sacraments. After really understanding the love of God in the church, he had a desire to share this love with others. After a few mission trips, retreats, and having FOCUS on campus, he looked into FOCUS and became a missionary to share the love that Christ has in him to the students at Hope College. Patrick can be reached at patrick.mccoy@focus.org.
Katie Pattee
Focus Missionary
Katie Pattee is from Lakeville, MN and graduated from South Dakota State University, where she earned a degree in mechanical engineering and competed on the swim team. During her time at SDSU, she came to recognize the love God has for His children and the need to share that with others. After graduating, she made the decision to become a missionary and is in her first year at Hope College. Katie can be reached at kathleen.pattee@focus.org.
Katy Genna
Focus Missionary
Katy Genna grew up in Boise, Idaho. She graduated from Benedictine College in the spring of 2023 with a degree in Theology and Evangelization. While in college, she had a powerful encounter with Jesus on a mission trip her junior year which made her fall in love with Jesus and mission. After that mission trip, she then pursued FOCUS and became a missionary. She served her first two years with FOCUS at Dickinson State University in North Dakota and is now in her third year at Hope College. She can be reached at katelyn.genna@focus.org.
Lily-Kate Pritchard
Focus Missionary
Lily-Kate Pritchard is originally from Orlando, Florida and Madison, Wisconsin. She is a December Grad at Hope College studying History Secondary Education and will complete her student teaching at Grand Rapids Catholic Central high school this fall. Lily-Kate grew up Catholic, but never practiced more than the “bare minimum.” Thanks to two Hope Catholic students–and later, a FOCUS missionary–Lily-Kate came to realize the depth of the Catholic faith and what it means to have a relationship with the Lord in prayer. Now, she hopes to share the life-changing truth of the love of God with other college students as a FOCUS missionary! She can be reached at lily.pritchard@focus.org