Twenty-eight juniors from three parishes - St. Mary’s, Japanese Martyrs and St. Michael’s - of the Divine Mercy Area Faith Community were confirmed by Bishop Chad Zielinski on Sunday, March 12 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Front from left: Fr. Sam Perez, Alexa Pelzel, Hailey Beltz, Madison Engesser, Jazzibelle Martinez, Adelinde Hoffmann, Emily Ericksen, Kenadi Heiling, Kenley Schiller, Rachel Schumacher, Grace Goedtke, Emma Fischer and Fr. Tanner Thooft. Second row: Kaleb Weiss, Riley Rutscher, Jonathan Petermann, Elle Kyllonen, Jenica Schroepfer, Cole Schroepfer, Noah Simonsen, Devin Kunkel and Fr. Mark Steffl. Third row: Bishop Chad Zielinski, Katelyn Tauer, Ellen Windschitl, Skylar Meyer, Brayden Suess, Brandon Schmitz, William Walter, Mark Anderson, Hayden Zarn and Paul Goedtke.
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