Right now your kids and grandkids might be participating in summer camp productions. So I bring you this joke in the spirit of that. What do you call a priest in charge of the school play? The spiritual director.
1) Catholic Hawaii
St. Stephen Diocesan Center used to be an estate owned by Harold K.L. Castle before Bishop James J. Sweeney bought it in 1946 to turn it into what?
- a) a CYO camp
- b) a seminary
- c) a retreat center
- d) a convent
2) Scripture
The start of the Hail Mary prayer comes from two Bible verses in which of the Gospels?
- a) Matthew
- b) Mark
- c) Luke
- d) John
3) Catechism
The precepts of the Catholic Church are the minimum requirements every Catholic is asked to do. How many are there according to the catechism?
- a) 5
- b) 7
- c) 10
- d) 12
4) More Catechism
Which of these is not one of those precepts mentioned in question 3?
- a) confession once a year
- b) Mass attendance on Sunday and on Holy Days of Obligation
- c) receiving communion at least once a year
- d) tithing 10 percent of your income to the church
5) Holy Spirit
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and ______? Fill in the last gift.
- a) joy
- b) fear of the Lord
- c) peace
- d) dutifulness
6) Church
What is the part of the church where the congregation celebrates Mass called?
- a) nave
- b) narthex
- c) sanctuary
- d) sacristy
7) Saints
You may know the “doctors of the church,” saints given the special title because of their contributions to church theology, but do you know who the most recently living one is?
- a) St. Robert Bellarmine
- b) St. Catherine of Siena
- c) St. Lawrence of Brindisi
- d) St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Answers: 1) b, 2) c, 3) a, 4) d, 5) b, 6) a, 7) d