Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church was packed during Mass Aug. 19 ahead of “An Evening with Annunciation Parents: Faith, Hope and Resilience,” an event held eight days before the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting at nearby Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Four leaders had barely arrived at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when they found themselves helping a wounded community to heal and find a way toward hope.
The Madre Peregrina statue visiting the Twin Cities is like Mary visiting Elizabeth — she comes with news of hope and joy, said Auxiliary Bishop Kevin T. Kenney of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda presided over a Mass attended by more than 1,300 people on Feb. 1 which marked the 100th anniversary of the basilica designation granted by Pope Pius XI.
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda published a Jan. 20 opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, reflecting on recent violent clashes in his state over immigration.
A bishop’s golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to the Catholic Church of his youth.
Getting to know more deeply the people of Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis since a fatal shooting Aug. 27 during an all-school Mass has made clear how important prayer has been in keeping them together, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda said Dec. 6.
Matthew and Melissa Tews’ children are students at Annunciation in Minneapolis. The Tews are among Annunciation families discussing what can prevent shootings and are demanding change.
