The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter celebrates the “Chair” of St Peter because in ancient times teachers sat down while teaching. The Chair refers to St Peter’s authority to teach and govern the Church in the name of Christ. This God-given authority has been passed down through the centuries all the way from St Peter to Pope Francis.
Each year, second graders celebrate this feast day in a special way, beginning a few weeks prior to the feast. The class votes for this year’s “pope” and “Swiss guards”, students in their class who exemplify the virtues. On the Feast day, this year’s “pope” Robert Dougoveto and his “Swiss guards” Wesley Haezebrouck and Ethan Lundberg toured the school, took a ride in the golf cart “popemobile”, and passed out “popesicles.”
