{"id":2564,"date":"2013-03-27T04:08:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T11:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2016-10-10T19:52:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T02:52:05","slug":"our-8th-grade-conclave-makes-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/our-8th-grade-conclave-makes-the-news","title":{"rendered":"Our 8th Grade Conclave Makes the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/conclave-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"8th Grade Conclave\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/conclave-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/conclave-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/conclave-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/conclave.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get a chance to post about this earlier, but before Pope Francis was elected we held our own conclave in the eighth grade. Two local media outlets covered the story, and unlike the conclave in Rome, we let them in for a peek. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the story in our local paper, along with video coverage:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before Jorge Bergoglio was selected as the new pope Wednesday, students at All Saints Catholic School held their own conclave. They came dressed in red capes. Some were made out of blankets, some looked more like wizards\u2019 capes and some were simply made out of red cloth. And they all wore the traditional little red beanie: the\u00a0zucchetto.<\/p>\n<p>The two eighth-grade classes at All Saints Catholic School were sequestered last Thursday, where they followed Roman Catholic protocol and selected a new\u00a0pope.<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the conclave, the 55 students had each picked the name of a voting cardinal and researched his work and\u00a0opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA papal conclave is so infrequent we have to relearn the ritual every time,\u201d said Nick Senger, vice principal and eighth-grade teacher. \u201cIf they pick a younger pope we may not see a conclave for another 20\u00a0years.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2013\/mar\/14\/catholic-school-puts-conclave-in-the-classroom\/\">Catholic school puts conclave in the classroom &#8211; Spokesman.com &#8211; March 14, 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/khq.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=760683;hostDomain=www.khq.com;playerWidth=640;playerHeight=380;isShowIcon=true;clipId=8626934;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay\"><\/script><a title=\"KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | \" href=\"http:\/\/www.khq.com\">KHQ Right Now &#8211; News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t get a chance to post about this earlier, but before Pope Francis was elected we held our own conclave in the eighth grade. Two local media outlets covered the story, and unlike the conclave in Rome, we let them in for a peek. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the story in our local paper, along with video coverage: Before Jorge Bergoglio was selected as the new pope Wednesday, students at All Saints Catholic School held their own conclave. They came dressed in red capes. 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