My fellow humidified friends,
It’s too darn hot! Speaking of heat, I don’t like incense jokes (they’re thurible and leave me feeling incensed) but here’s one anyway. What happened to the altar server who couldn’t figure out how to hold the thurible? He was censered!
1) Saints
Aug. 24 is the feast day of St. Bartholomew the Apostle. In the Gospel reading that same day, Bartholomew is mentioned by a different name (or at least many scholars believe the two men are one in the same). What is that name?
- a) Nathanael
- b) Philip
- c) Simon
- d) Andrew
2) A to Z Catholic Dictionary
Stewardship within the Catholic Church often is thought of as giving money or “treasure.” But what are the other two words in the catchphrase centering on stewardship that Catholics should keep in mind? “___, ____ and treasure.”
- a) Tithe, gift
- b) Prayer, gifts
- c) Time, prayer
- d) Time, talent
3) Catholic Hawaii
Bishop Larry Silva turned 70 in August. When’s his birthday? If you follow us on social media (FB/IG: hawaiicatholicherald, Twitter: hicathherald), you’ll know the answer to this.
- a) Aug. 1
- b) Aug. 6
- c) Aug. 10
- d) Aug. 19
4) Feasts
Aug. 15 was the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. True or false: the feast of the Assumption is a holy day of obligation in the Diocese of Honolulu?
- a) True
- b) False
5) Popes
Pope Paul VI was known for releasing an encyclical on contraception, sterilization and married love. What was it called?
- a) Humanae Vitae
- b) Rerum Novarum
- c) Casti Connubii
- d) Evangelium Vitae
6) Catholic Hawaii
St. Augustine by the Sea Parish in Waikiki is building a new Damien and Marianne Education Center to tell the story of Hawaii’s saints and the residents of Kalaupapa, Molokai. If you read our story on the project, the center is being built where there used to be what?
- a) An ABC store
- b) A parking lot
- c) The old rectory
- d) A meditation garden
7) Liturgy
The book of prayers used by Massgoers is commonly called what?
- a) Missal
- b) Missalette
- c) Lectionary
- d) Sacramentary
Answers: 1) a, 2) d, 3) b, 4) b, 5) a, 6) b, 7) a & b