Mass had just started when the children were murdered. It is not a sentence one should ever have to read or write. But even where songs have been sung, and the word of God recited in a psalm, bullets can fly from the darkness of those who seek to destroy. And so, evil disrupted worship…
Mass, shooting and the power of prayer
A young woman walks past a memorial outside
Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, August 30, 2025. The
shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of the
school’s church and struck children attending Mass on
August 27 during the first week of school, killing two and
wounding 18 others. Photo: OSV News/Tim Evans, Reuters

Martina Purdy