It’s a new year and a new you, readers! That means some of you (who will remain nameless because I can’t actually see you) won’t skip past this quiz but actually take it!
1) Saints
Jan. 23 was Saint Marianne Cope’s feast day, which is also her birthday. What was her birth name?
- a) Marianne (duh)
- b) Mary
- c) Barbara
- d) Ann
2) Prayers
What prayer in the Catholic Church is referred to as the “Little Doxology”?
- a) Gloria
- b) Glory Be
- c) For Thine is the Kingdom
- d) Our Father
3) Terms
Since I was just referencing doxology, do you know what doxology is?
- a) study of the Holy Spirit
- b) search for meaning
- c) liturgical order
- d) hymn of praise
4) Current events
World Youth Day 2019 was in Panama from Jan. 22-27. Where was the last World Youth Day gathering, in 2016?
- a) Poland
- b) Brazil
- c) Spain
- d) Germany
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5) Deacons
The ninth permanent deacon class for the Diocese of Honolulu went through the Rite of Institution of Lectors on Jan. 13. Which of the following is NOT one of the other formal steps the deacon candidates will have gone through before becoming permanent deacons?
- a) aspirancy year
- b) Rite of Candidacy
- c) Rite of Eucharistic Minister
- d) Rite of Acolyte
6) Bible
Who made the Ark of the Covenant?
- a) Noah
- b) Moses and helpers
- c) God made it appear
- d) Solomon
7) Catholic Hawaii
Here’s one last Maui parish quiz question before we move on to another island! Paia’s parish is named Holy Rosary. There are two other Catholic churches in the islands named Holy Rosary, both on what island?
- a) The Big Island
- b) Kauai
- c) Maui
- d) Oahu
Answers: 1) c, 2) b, 3) d, 4) a, 5) c, 6) b, 7) a