Fundraiser set up for attack victim in critical condition
August 28, 2025 at 02:25 pm ET
An online fundraiser has been set up for one of the students shot in Wednesday’s attack, 12-year-old Sophia Forchas, who had just started seventh grade at Annunciation Catholic School. She is currently in critical condition and in the ICU at a local hospital.
According to
the GoFundMe page:
“She has already undergone emergency surgery, and her medical team is doing everything they can to stabilize her. Her road ahead will be long, uncertain, and incredibly difficult — but she is strong, and she is not alone.
“Adding to the heartbreak, her younger brother was also inside the school during the shooting. Though he was physically unharmed, the trauma of witnessing such a terrifying event — and knowing his sister was critically injured — is something no child should ever experience.
“Furthermore, her mother, a pediatric critical care nurse, arrived at work to help during the tragedy, before knowing it was her children’s school that was attacked and that her daughter was critically injured.”
Franciscan University claps back at Jen Psaki’s anti-prayer rhetoric
August 28, 2025 at 11:00 am ET
On Wednesday, Aug. 27, a shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during the opening Mass for the first week of school.
Several public figures commented on the tragedy, saying that “thoughts and prayers” are not enough when addressing this situation.
One of these public figures included former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
In a viral X post, Psaki attacked those assuring the Minnesota Catholic school of their prayers for the shooting victims and all those involved.
Thousands of users responded, blasting Paski for her anti-prayer rhetoric.
The Franciscan University of Steubenville provided a powerful response, explaining that prayer is the “very place we meet Christ, who himself was unjustly slain.”
ChurchPop has the full story here.
Annunciation Catholic School releases statement
August 28, 2025 at 10:22 am ET
The leaders of the Minneapolis school where two children were shot and killed during a mass shooting incident on Wednesday
say the school will remain closed for the time being as the community continues to deal with the “unfathomable” deadly incident.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday evening, Annunciation Catholic School Principal Matthew DeBoer and parish pastor Father Dennis Zehren described the crisis as an “impossible situation.”
“No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we will go through in the coming days and weeks,” they wrote. “But we will navigate this — together.”
Law enforcement on Wednesday said two children had been killed at a shooting incident during a Mass held at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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