You know, quiztakers, I’m always trying to stump you. But maybe you’ve got a Catholic trivia question you’d like to challenge me with. Local Catholic questions get bonus points. Send your best efforts to herald@rcchawaii.org and we might run yours in a future edition of the quiz.
1) Scripture
July 22’s first reading includes these words: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David.” This comes from what Old Testament book of the Bible that might remind you of some famous song lyrics?
- a) Song of Songs
- b) Genesis
- c) Lamentations
- d) Jeremiah
2) Catholic Hawaii
What religious order has both a convent and a monastery in Kaimuki?
- a) Sacred Hearts
- b) Maryknoll
- c) Marists
- d) Marianists
3) Liturgy
What is a manutergium? (Hint: it received a mention in the June 29 issue about a recent priest’s first Mass.)
- a) The bottle that holds holy Chrism oil
- b) A hand cloth used to wipe a priest’s hands of oil during his ordination
- c) The lap cloth laid across a bishop’s knees during ordination
- d) The Latin name of the song sung during the moment of ordination
4) July
In July, the Catholic Church celebrates the month of what?
- a) The Sacred Heart
- b) The Most Precious Blood
- c) The Immaculate Heart of Mary
- d) The Holy Eucharist
5) More Catholic Hawaii
In what year did the Diocese of Honolulu form its first permanent diaconate class?
- a) 1959
- b) 1967
- c) 1968
- d) 1978
6) Current events
At the end of June, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he planned to retire on July 31. Kennedy was one of how many Catholics on the Supreme Court at the time he made his announcement?
- a) 3
- b) 8
- c) 5
- d) 4
7) Devotionals
What is the name of this medal, the image of which was given by Mary to St. Catherine Labouré?
- a) Immaculate Heart Medal
- b) Mary Untier of Knots Medal
- c) Miraculous Medal
- d) Perpetual Help Medal
Answers: 1) d, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) d, 6) c, 7) c