Is the summer heat getting to you yet? Kick up your heels and try out these cool questions. And if you want to submit your own brain teasers, email herald@rcchawaii.org. We might run yours in a future edition of the quiz.
1) Catholic Hawaii
Brother Joseph Dutton, who worked with Sts. Damien and Marianne and Kalaupapa residents, took Joseph as his baptismal name when he became a Catholic. What was his given first name?
- a) Ira
- b) Hiram
- c) Josiah
- d) Amos
2) Saints
The sainthood cause for Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, the late superior general of the Society of Jesus, is at its earliest stages, with the general postulator for his cause starting to collect Father Arrupe’s writings and find eyewitnesses to his life. What step comes next in the beatification process?
- a) The pope’s approval
- b) The official opening of his sainthood cause
- c) Declaration of heroic virtues
- d) Being declared venerable
3) Deacons
According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, as of 2017 there were about how many permanent deacons in the U.S.?
- a) 11,000
- b) 27,000
- c) 30,000
- d) 18,000
4) More Catholic Hawaii
Aug. 9 is the centenary of what moment in St. Marianne Cope’s life?
- a) The date she wrote to Father Damien saying she’d bring Franciscan sisters to help him.
- b) Her arrival in Hawaii
- c) Her arrival in Kalaupapa
- d) Her death
5) Pope
Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at what type of event held in Rome on July 14? Hint: He hardly ever does this.
- a) A movie screening of a new Vatican documentary
- b) Confessions at St. Peter’s Basilica
- c) A wedding, at which he presided
- d) A pizza place, where he enjoyed a quick bite
6) Saints
Like his snowman cartoon counterpart, St. Olaf of Norway has an attachment to summer. His feast day is July 29. St. Olaf has this other connection to the movie “Frozen.”
- a) He was an outdoorsman like Kristoff.
- b) He was royalty.
- c) He had a sister named Elsa.
- d) Both of his parents died when he was very young.
7) Scripture
Speaking of July 29, the Sunday scriptures for that day include first and second readings referencing what miracle?
- a) Turning water into wine
- b) Healing of persons with leprosy
- c) Multiplication of food
- d) Appearance of God in the form of a dove
Answers: 1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) d, 5) c, 6) b, 7) c