Mary Perez embraced her son, Felix, a first grader at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, during an interfaith prayer service Aug. 28 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. The previous day, a shooter opened fire through the windows of the school’s mother parish, Annunciation Church, during an all-school Mass, killing two children and […]
Nearing 80, ‘Minnesota’s Mother Teresa’ remains devoted
By Christina Capecchi Catholic News Service MINNEAPOLIS — It’s 10:05 on a Wednesday morning, and 200 people stream into the vaulted cafeteria at Sharing and Caring Hands in downtown Minneapolis. Half head toward the breakfast buffet, and the other half line up to meet with Mary Jo Copeland. They need money, they need bus passes, […]