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1) Vocations
The current roster of Diocese of Honolulu seminarians hail from or currently call which Hawaiian islands home?
- a) Oahu, Maui and Kauai
- b) Oahu, Maui, the Big Island
- c) Oahu, the Big Island, Kauai
- d) Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island
2) Catholic Hawaii
The Diocese of Honolulu recently created a new task force on what topic? You can browse back through some of our recent Official Notices (on page 2 of each print edition) for the answer.
- a) Cemeteries
- b) Senior citizens
- c) Disabilities
- d) The environment
3) A to Z Catholic Dictionary
What does ex-cathedra mean?
- a) “From the chair” (in reference to the bishop’s chair in a cathedral)
- b) With full authority
- c) Papal infallibility
- d) All of the above
4) Saints
Aug. 8 is the feast of St. Dominic. Because of his Dominican religious order’s reputation for zealousness, what nickname did its members earn?
- a) God’s Marines
- b) Black Monks
- c) Hounds of the Lord
- d) Black Canons
5) Religious Orders
Speaking of St. Dominic, although members of the religious order he founded are most commonly called Dominicans, what is the formal name of the order?
- a) Society of Jesus
- b) Order of Preachers
- c) Order of Friars Minor
- d) Congregation of the Passion
St. Dominic by Claudio Coello
6) Catholic Hawaii
St. Theresa in Kihei was founded in 1925 and built its first church building in 1928. Today it’s a full-fledged parish, but, at one time or another, it was a mission of all the following churches except which?
- a) St. Ann, Waihee
- b) St. Anthony, Wailuku
- c) Holy Family, Puunene
- d) Our Lady Queen of Angels, Kula
7) Scripture
The first reading from Sunday, Aug. 4 is taken from the Book of Ecclesiastes. “Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!” Who is Qoheleth?
- a) The author of Ecclesiastes
- b) The Hebrew word translating roughly to teacher/preacher/collector/assembler/gatherer
- c) The Hebrew name for the book of Ecclesiastes
- d) All of the above
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) c, 5) b, 6) d, 7) d