Are we already approaching April, Heraldites? My how time flies. We’ll be preparing for Easter by the time I see you next. Here’s a fun batch of Catholic trivia to keep you busy in the meantime.
1) Saints
Which of the following is true about St. Walter of Pontoise, whose feast is celebrated April 8?
a) He is the patron invoked against job-related stress
b) He was a philosophy professor
c) He was the last saint in Western Europe canonized by someone other than the pope
d) All of the above
2) Scripture
The Gospel reading for March 30 chronicles Jesus’ healing of a man blind from birth. After smearing clay on the blind man’s eyes, where does Jesus direct the man to go to wash himself? (Hint: See John 9)
a) Pool of Siloam
b) Sea of Galilee
c) Dead Sea
d) Jordan River
3) Vatican
Which Italian Renaissance artist was appointed architect of St. Peter’s Basilica in 1546?
a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Raphael
c) Michelangelo
d) Donatello
4) Clergy
Auxiliary Bishop Oscar A. Solis, the first Filipino-American to become a bishop, serves in which U.S. archdiocese?
a) New York
b) Galveston-Houston
c) Los Angeles
d) Chicago
5) Church in Hawaii
The Malia O Ka Malu convent in Kaimuki houses nuns from which religious order?
a) Dominican Sisters
b) Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
c) Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
d) Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
6) Lent
True or false: The fourth Sunday of Lent, when clergy may wear rose-colored vestments, is called Gaudete Sunday.
a) True
b) False
7) Sacraments
Priests can administer all but which of the following sacraments?
a) Baptism
b) Reconciliation
c) Anointing of the Sick
d) Holy Orders
Answers: 1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c, 5) b, 6) b, 7) d