Happy New Year, Herald readers! Here’s your first quiz for 2018. May the coming year bring you faith, hope, love and more Catholic trivia knowledge!
1) Saints
St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast is celebrated Jan. 28, was a friar under which religious order?
- a) Dominicans
- b) Benedictines
- c) Franciscans
- d) Augustinians
2) Scripture
In the first reading for Sunday, Jan. 14, who says “Speak, for your servant is listening” when he is called by the Lord?
- a) Peter
- b) Jeremiah
- c) Elijah
- d) Samuel
3) Popes
Pope Francis marks the 5th anniversary of his pontificate this year. What was the title of the first papal encyclical Pope Francis published in June 2013?
- a) “Lumen fidei”
- b) “Laudato si’’”
- c) “Evangelii gaudium”
- d) “Amoris laetitia”
4) Liturgy
The Catholic liturgical calendar enters into a short period of Ordinary Time this month. What color vestments do priests traditionally wear when celebrating Mass during Ordinary Time?
- a) White
- b) Red
- c) Rose
- d) Green
5) Devotions
How many times is the “Our Father” said when praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet?
- a) 0
- b) 1
- c) 3
- d) 6
6) Church in Hawaii
On which island can you find a parish named for St. Marianne Cope?
- a) Oahu
- b) Big Island
- c) Kauai
- d) There are no Hawaii parishes named for St. Marianne
7) Literature
Father Robert Schoofs, author of “Pioneers of the Faith,” a comprehensive history of Hawaii’s early Catholic communities, was a priest of which religious order?
- a) Blessed Sacrament Fathers
- b) Oratorians
- c) Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- d) Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
Answers: 1) a, 2) d, 3) a, 4) d, 5) b, 6) d, 7) c