Noel Brennan
Reporter at WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
Emmy-winning reporter @CBSChicago, Chicago native, Indiana Hoosier, photographer, juggler and ultimate frisbee player.
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5 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Noel Brennan
Never discount a little bit of hometown advantage. Seniors at St. Rita High School on Chicago's Southwest Side were given a pretty straightforward assignment this week: choose a potential pope and give a presentation. Then came the curveball from the papal conclave. The students were blunt: None of them expected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal who had served for decades in both Peru and the United States, to be elected pope. But Oscar Salgado and Ciro Prio picked him first.
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6 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Noel Brennan
Chicago students who held mock conclave overjoyed at selection of Chicago-born pope The students of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy who earlier this week held a mock conclave were overjoyed Thursday when Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope. The students dressed up as cardinal and Vatican Swiss Guards, transformed a school assembly room into the Sistine Chapel, and partook in all the traditions of the papal conclave.
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1 week ago |
wcvb.com | Noel Brennan
As cardinals in Rome were getting ready for the papal conclave, some kids in Chicago got an idea of their job ahead with a special activity Tuesday. At Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in Lakeview, alongside the English Tudor Gothic-style Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, youngsters were all dressed up as cardinals and Vatican Swiss Guards. And a school assembly room became the Sistine Chapel as the kids held their own mock conclave.
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1 week ago |
kesq.com | Noel Brennan
By Noel BrennanClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO ( WBBM) - As cardinals in Rome get ready for the papal conclave, some kids in Chicago got an idea of their job ahead with a special activity Tuesday. At Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, at 720 W. Belmont Ave. in Lakeview alongside the English Tudor Gothic-style Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, youngsters were all dressed up as cardinals and Vatican Swiss Guards.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Noel Brennan
As cardinals in Rome get ready for the papal conclave, some kids in Chicago got an idea of their job ahead with a special activity Tuesday. At Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, at 720 W. Belmont Ave. in Lakeview alongside the English Tudor Gothic-style Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, youngsters were all dressed up as cardinals and Vatican Swiss Guards. And a school assembly room became the Sistine Chapel as the kids held their own mock conclave.
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Just after these Chicago kids took part in a mock conclave, cardinals in Rome elected a pope from Chicago. The kids won’t ever forget this experience, and I won’t ever forget this story.
A Catholic school in Chicago hosted a papal conclave of their own as students voted amongst themselves for a pope, white smoke and all. https://t.co/KJvhV4BKfO
This morning, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in Lakeview transformed into the Sistine Chapel. Students dressed as cardinals and voted to elect a pope in a mock conclave. https://t.co/JuHyh6Kjo6
Bertha the mastiff made it more than 2,000 miles to her forever home in Oregon. I caught up with her new owner and the guys who jumped at the chance to take a 170 lb. dog on a cross-country road trip. https://t.co/4w8QR3qT9n