CELEBRATION BEGINS Students at Most Holy Redeemer School in Montgomery talk with Archbishop John Nienstedt after presenting the gifts during Mass Jan. 25 at Most Holy Redeemer Church. The archbishop celebrated Mass and helped kick off Catholic Schools Week. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic SpiritLESSONS IN HAITI From left, Jamie Lanigan, Megan Furrow, Jennifer Lanigan, Joe Jelinek, Eileen Bock and Chris Thompson, all former students of Epiphany School in Coon Rapids, sit in Reiser Heights School during their January mission trip to Haiti. Ten other volunteers joined the group through Reiser Relief, a nonprofit “dedicated to serving the most vulnerable and disadvantaged Haitians.” Father Bernard Reiser, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and founding pastor of Epiphany church and school, founded Reiser Relief after visiting Haiti in 1996. Father Reiser died in 2011. For more information about Reiser Relief, visit reiserrelief.org. Photo courtesy Michael Stoebner
