Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Here are some of the places where the Archdiocese, its clergy and couple of schools made news over the past couple of weeks:  

KARE11 aired a story Wednesday night about the COVID-19 Anointing Corps:

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/archdiocese-trains-team-of-priests-to-give-catholics-dying-from-covid19-final-sacraments/89-47bfe2cf-a165-4bdb-b01a-0199a17f4400

Here’s the original story about the COVID-19 Anointing Corps from The Catholic Spirit: http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/bishop-cozzens-creates-anointing-team-for-covid-19-patients/

Archbishop Hebda and Bishop Cozzens blessed the residents and staffs at five care facilities Saturday afternoon and prayed a decade of the rosary with them. Fox9 ran this story during their 5pm newscast (the link will take you to the video):

https://www.fox9.com/news/bishops-bless-twin-cities-nursing-homes-as-covid-19-death-toll-climbs

A Totino-Grace junior softball player was featured on KARE11’s “Dear Sports” segment:

https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/dearsports-week2/89-ea8051bf-0384-4abd-9949-63545da729c1

And, an 11-year-old from Saint Michael School in Prior Lake made WCCO-TV’s newscast for teaching herself how to sew so she could make face masks:

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/04/27/11-year-old-from-prior-lake-taught-herself-to-sew-to-make-face-masks-for-people-across-the-u-s/

As you know, this is a difficult time for many people to feel connected – to others and to the Church. Please encourage them to visit www.thecatholicspirit.com for local, national and international stories daily.

Thanks!