Parish pays tribute to Annunciation shooting victims through sacred fresco

When a deadly shooting devastated Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025, a neighboring Catholic parish quietly provided support to the school, opening its doors for the parish school’s needs.Now, Our Lady of Grace is memorializing that connection in a fresco by Minnesota-based artist Mark Balma.Balma is in the process of painting two large frescoes at the altar of Our Lady of Grace. On the right, already finished, is an image of Mary and the angel at the…