Quizinados,
Here’s a chuckle we found via Reader’s Digest: A priest is standing by the side of a road holding up a sign that reads “The end is near! Turn around now before it’s too late!” A passing driver sees him and yells, “You’re nuts!” and speeds past. From around the curve, tires screeching and a loud splash are heard. The priest says to himself, “Maybe I should just put up a sign that says ‘Bridge Out’ instead.”
1) A to Z Catholic Dictionary
The Diocese of Honolulu is divided up into vicariates. (In other dioceses, these regions are sometimes known as deaneries and some other dioceses have both.) What is the title given to a priest who oversees a particular region in the diocese?
- a) parochial vicar
- b) vicar forane
- c) dean
- d) vicar general
2) Scripture
The first reading on Oct. 2 comes from the Book of Nehemiah, and begins, “In the month Nisan of the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes …” What time span on the Gregorian calendar does the Hebrew month of Nisan refer to?
- a) March-April
- b) May-June
- c) September-October
- d) December-January
3) More Scripture
In the same passage mentioned above, Nehemiah asks Persian King Artaxerxes to let him go back where to rebuild?
- a) Rome
- b) Israel
- c) Babylon
- d) Judah
4) More A to Z Catholic Dictionary
What do you do with a surplice in the Catholic Church?
- a) Read it. It’s a theological text.
- b) Pray it. It’s part of the Spiritual Exercises.
- c) Wear it. It’s a white liturgical garment.
- d) Donate it because no one needs excess.
5) Saints
St. Wenceslaus, St. Lorenzo Ruiz and St. Simon de Rojas all have feast days on Sept. 28. Which of them was martyred in Japan?
- a) St. Wencelaus
- b) St. Lorenzo Ruiz
- c) St. Simon de Rojas
- d) All three. They are co-martyrs
6) Catholic Hawaii
Sacred Heart Parish in Hawi used to have a mission church, Our Lady of Grace in Halaula, which has since closed. In what district of the Big Island are both of these churches located?
- a) Puna
- b) Kailua-Kona
- c) South Kohala
- d) North Kohala
7) Popes
Where did Pope Francis travel from Sept. 4-10?
- a) The African nations of Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius
- b) Thailand
- c) Japan
- d) Northern Italy
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) c, 5) b, 6) d, 7) a