The director of the Catholic of Minnesota school where a shooter opened fire Outside a mass service on Wednesday morning is talking hours after the attack.
The director of the Annunciation Catholic School, Matt Deboer, shared comments at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, and despite calling Mass as a “nightmare”, he promised to move forward and “rebuild.”
“This is a nightmare, but we call our staff the team of dreams, and we will recover from this,” I said. “We will rebuild this.”
According to the Minneapolis police, a shooter opened fire outside the Minneapolis school before 8:30 am, two children, an 8 -year -old boy and a 10 -year -old boy who were sitting in the schools of the school church, were killed in the attack, and another 17, including 14 children, were injured.
The shooting took place during the first week of Annunciation classes.
Deboer went to the school community for the first time in their public comments and praised school employees who jumped into action when the shooting began.
“For any of our students, families and observation staff at this time, I love you. You are so brave and I am very sorry that this happened to us today,” said I must.
The principle of the Annunciation Catholic School, Matt I must, speaks outside the Annunciation Catholic School after a shooting, on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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“Within the seconds of starting this situation, our teachers were heroes,” he continued. “The children reduced. Adults protected children. Older children protected younger children, and as we heard earlier, it could have been significantly worse without their heroic action.”
I must also ask for action after the mass shooting, imploring community members not only to support young victims and families of the shooting at school, but also to do more.
“We, as a community, have the responsibility to make sure that no child, no father, no teacher has to experience what we have experienced today. Never again,” I said. “I need everyone to commit those words to their speech patterns. Never again.”
“We lost two angels today, and please continue to pray for those who still receive attention. We cannot change the past, but we can do something about the future,” he added. “There is an African proverb that says: ‘When you pray, move your feet.’
Papa Leo XIVThe head of the Catholic Church and the first American Pope, also responded to Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School, Sending a telegram to Minneapolis and the archbishop of San Pablo Bernard Hebda.
The Pope expressed “his most sincere condolences and the security of spiritual closeness to all those affected by this terrible tragedy, especially families who now account for the loss of a child.”
“While praising the souls of deceased children to the love of the Almighty God, His Holiness says for the injured and the lifeguards, the medical staff and the clergy who take care of them already their loved ones,” said the Pope’s message. “In this extremely difficult time, the Holy Father gives the community of the Annunciation Catholic School, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the people of the great metropolitan twin cities his apostolic blessing as a promise of peace, strength and comfort in the Lord Jesus.”
