WINSTON-SALEM — Parishes and schools are praying in the wake of a fatal shooting at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem on Wednesday afternoon.
Holy Cross Church in Kernersville held Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, immediately following Wednesday night's 7:15 p.m. Mass.
The school community at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville will hold a prayer service Thursday morning at the school. School families are receiving details directly from the school administration.
St. Leo Catholic School and St. Leo the Great Catholic Church were briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon while police searched for a suspect. The shooter is believed to be a fellow student, police say.
One student was shot and passed away due to his injuries. The shooting occurred just after noon. Find out more about the incident: https://bit.ly/3gSNUqE
During their search, law enforcement placed schools in the surrounding area on lockdown out of an abundance of caution. St. Leo School is located about four miles from Mount Tabor High School.
The incident remains under investigation.
— Catholic News Herald
MOUNT AIRY — Father Peter K. Nouck has been assigned by Bishop Peter J. Jugis as pastor of Holy Angels Church in Mount Airy, effective Aug. 31.
Father Nouck has served as parochial vicar of Holy Family Church in Clemmons since 2016. He succeeds Father Lawrence Heiney, who is retiring.
Father Nouck was ordained to the priesthood on April 4, 2002, for the Diocese of Buea, Cameroon.
Besides his pastoral duties, Father Nouck established the Joseph-Mary Foundation in 2020 to empower young people in Likumba, Cameroon, to become self-reliant and future leaders by supporting their educational and health needs. He was inspired growing up by the efforts of his parents, who spent their minimal resources to provide love, sustenance and education to children lacking the necessities of life.
“They found that by empowering young people with education and skills, they, in turn, empowered others,” he notes on the foundation’s website, www.joseph-maryfoundation.org.
— Catholic News Herald