Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Joseph Hennen, who was influential in the field of substance abuse counseling even as he ministered in parishes across the country, including the Diocese of Honolulu, died July 17 in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 85 years old and had been a priest for 59 years. Father Hennen was a Minnesota native. […]
Students’ safety is a top priority, school officials say
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, […]