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Jesse Merkel receives support as he talks Aug. 28 about his late son, Fletcher, in front of Annunciation church in Minneapolis. TOM HALDEN | OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS

Father of 8-year-old school shooting victim: ‘Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today’

From left, Brook Steege and her daughters, Daisy and Rosie, visit a memorial outside Annunciation Church in Minneapolis Aug. 28, the day after a shooting took place during Mass. Both girls are students at the school and were attending the Mass when the shooting took place. Rosie is a third grader and Daisy is a first grader. The family, which also includes Brook's husband, Brandon Steege, are parishioners of Annunciation. DAVE HRBACEK | THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT

‘This is just the walk of faith’: Community gathers to pray, mourn at Annunciation memorial

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