>> reporter: when monsignor smith surprised three students with tickets to attend pope francis' historicmass at the basilica. >> knock, knock. >> good morning monsignor smith. >> reporter: one of the tickets went to brandon. >> congratulation, man. good job. >> reporter: the surprise left him somewhat speechless. >> i don't know. >> reporter: but his classmates not so much. >> it's like a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: even putting in a few requests of their own. >> say hi to pope francis for us, please. >> reporter: next, it was off to a fourth grade class where another student was given the surprise of a lifetime. >> and give a papal mass ticket to kathleena. congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: monsignor smith's last stop was down the hall in this second grade classroom. >> and that ticket is for addison. come over here, addison. there you go. congratulations. >> reporter: standing right in front of addison was the last recipient of the day. >> all right. what would you think if we sent mr. lee to be the teacher who represented our class? would that be good, too?

today monsignor smith made the rounds of the classrooms congratulating the winners. >> i'm here to say and to give a ticket to one of the classmates who wrote a particularly good letter asking to go to the mass and to give a papal mass ticket to catalina shyder. >> reporter: for catalina this papal mass will be even more special. >> it will be really great especially because the mass is going to be recited in spanish. since i'm bilingual. >> reporter: for her younger schoolmates, winning the tickets left them speechless literally. >> say hi to pope francis for us. >> reporter: then the monsignor had one last surprise. >> what would you think if we sent mr. lee to be the teacher to represent us? would that be good? >> hear that message and bring that message back and share it with the kids. it's not some ancient message. it is an ancient message, but it's still a true message and that's what i want to deliver to the kids. >> three winners have been selected for the archdiocese of washington's you serve video competition. contestants were asked to create a video depicting the way they se

john: monsignor bartholomew smith walked in with one ticket for her for next week's historic papal mass go to confession every mind. i beat spanish fluently. john: two others were also selected. look at his expression. >> this is a really big moment for him. >> the catholic church. gets to begnor smith on the altar at the basilica. >> it is wonderful to welcome and ourher to our city country. he has never been to the united states before. john: but there is actually a fourth tickets, one more to give away, one more big surprise here. >> what do you think if we sent mr. lee to be the teacher? lee was also caught off guard. >> to see the joy of the gospel in action and to be a part of that. all right, and we want to ask you to join us tomorrow night for a special preview of the pope's the visit. watch at 8:00, "the people's pope in d.c.," only here. and the debate of the woman who was breast-feeding in a public place. nearly 200 of and you have already commented on a momce book age after was forced to breast-feed in a bathroom stall after a marshals employee refused to let her go into a d

we well come our panel, monsignor, adrienne, personal friend of pope francis and taylor who writes for "newsweek" magazine. adrienne, are a silver smith by trade, correct. >> yes. that is correct. >> i understand you created something beautiful, unique, interesting for the pope? >> yes. we were working one year ago, approximately, we started with an idea, when we learned that pope francis coming to the united states. my intention was to john the people who would not be able toll see him, to touch him, to be at the mass or what everywhere, all ofs the events and happening. and we collect, collect small pieces of broken pricelets, links of chain, earrings, but lose the other one, you don't use them any more, they have special meaning. they got to be used. >> so you use this all to make it? >> yes. >> is this the one he will use later today at madison square garden. that is something that the parrish has to talk about. >> we made this as a present for him in the name of the humble people. >> tell me again, why the jewelry was used? >> yeah. we did accept it. because we want everybody to be hin same place. >> basically, it is recycled. >>