Dear readers, Advent is upon us! Consequently I’ve thrown in several questions appropriate to the season. Happy new (liturgical) year!
1) Catholic Hawaii
St. Rita Parish in Haiku on Maui used to have a mission church, built in 1930, that burned down in 1942. It was rebuilt and eventually closed in 1962. What was the name of that mission church?
- a) St. Gabriel
- b) St. Ann
- c) St. Joseph
- d) St. Mary
2) Liturgical Year
Each of the four weeks of Advent are represented by four candles on the Advent wreath. The candles in turn have their own meaning. Which is NOT one of them?
- a) Justice
- b) Hope
- c) Faith
- d) Peace
3) Speaking of Advent
Dec. 2 is the first Sunday of Advent this year. Which “theme” is the first week of Advent’s candle?
- a) Love
- b) Joy
- c) Peace
- d) Hope
Detail of a stained glass window in an unidentified church in Hove, Sussex, England, representing the Tree of Jesse
Photo: Annette Millar, CC 2.0 via Flickr
4) Even more Advent
The Jesse Tree has become an Advent tradition, using symbols to connect Old Testament Bible passages with the birth of Jesus. Jesse was the father of whom?
- a) Boaz
- b) Judah
- c) David
- d) Joseph
5) Trivia
Thomas Merton died on Dec. 10, 1968, 50 years ago this month. What religious order did he first consider joining before becoming a Trappist monk?
- a) Redemptorists
- b) Jesuits
- c) Franciscans
- d) Benedictines
6) Scripture
The first reading from Dec. 2 is from Jeremiah 33:14-16. Fill in the blank for verse 15: “I will raise up for David a just _____; he shall do what is right and just in the land.”
- a) tower
- b) shoot
- c) root
- d) leader
7) Saints
Since you might be doing some more baking than usual this holiday season, you can pray to the patron saints of bakers. One of them was St. Elizabeth of Hungary, whom I mentioned in the last edition of the quiz. Can you name the other?
- a) St. Honore
- b) St. Lawrence
- c) St. Martha
- d) St. Anthony of Egypt
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) c, 5) c, 6) b, 7) a