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Sister Mary Grace of the Sisters of Life in New York gives a keynote address April 9, the final day of the National Education Association Convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center. (OSV News/The Catholic Spirit/Dave Hrbacek)

'Children need you, they need your presence,' Sister of Life tells educators at convention

The National Catholic Educational Association's annual convention ran April 7-9 in Minneapolis.

FletcherFest celebrates young legacy of student killed in shooting at all-school Mass

On the stage of Annunciation Catholic School's auditorium in Minneapolis, Jesse and Mollie Merkel walked to the podium to express their gratitude for the community that filled the space in front of them. Looking out, they saw people who had supported them since day one, Jesse Merkel said.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis accepts a letter Jimmy Kaiser wrote to Pope Leo XIV thanking the pontiff for his prayers for the Annunciation community in Minneapolis. Hebda delivered letters from students and families at Annunciation to Pope Leo Oct. 1 at the Vatican. (OSV News photo/Tom Halden, courtesy Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis)

Archbishop Hebda delivers letters about Minneapolis church shooting to Pope Leo

He asked the pontiff for prayers for "survivors who continue their recovery, and especially his prayers for those who might find it difficult to return to Annunciation Church or even to the celebration of the Mass."

 

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