Mar 7, 2013 / 04:08 am
The principal at a Virginia Catholic grade school said he hopes an elaborate mock conclave recently held by students and staff will help enrich the school's efforts to teach the Catholic faith.
"Primarily, my hope for this is that the kids, through understanding what's going on, would be more invigorated in their faith," Principal Dan Baillargeon told CNA on March 5.
Employees and numerous parent volunteers at St. Louis Catholic School in the Diocese of Arlington, Va., went to great lengths to organize the mock conclave, which met twice before electing "Cardinal Turkson," who took the name Sebastian I.
On March 1, the boys who had been selected to play cardinals – most of whom serve as altar boys in the parish – met at 7 a.m. and were dressed in black cassocks, zucchettos and birettas before visiting their respective geographic locations.