Friends,
Since we are approaching All Saints Day, I thought I’d liberally sprinkle this quiz with saint-centered questions.
1) Saints
Oct. 19 is the feast of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues along with companion priests and laymen, who were martyred while trying to bring the Catholic faith to Native Americans in North America in the mid-1600s. What religious order did the priests belong to?
- a) Dominicans
- b) Jesuits
- c) Franciscans
- d) Augustinians
2) Scriptures
The second reading from Sunday, Oct. 27, includes this often quoted scripture passage: “I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.” What book of the bible is this passage from?
- a) 1 Timothy
- b) Psalms
- c) Matthew
- d) 2 Timothy
3) More Saints
Believe it or not, our penchant for all things pumpkin spice in the fall was also adopted by this medieval saint, who recommended nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon to cheer, calm and strengthen.
- a) St. Clare of Assisi
- b) St. Hildegard of Bingen
- c) St. Roch
- d) St. Dominic
4) Catholic Hawaii
Which St. Theresa is St. Theresa Parish in Kekaha on Kauai named after?
- a) St. Therese of Lisieux
- b) St. Teresa of Calcutta
- c) St. Teresa of Avila
- d) St. Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes
5) And More Saints
In this issue, we looked at mainland parishes named after St. Damien of Molokai. Which is not one of the states where a St. Damien parish is located?
- a) New Jersey
- b) Pennsylvania
- c) California
- d) Oklahoma
6) Sacramentals
A white cord, knotted seven times on one end and tied around the waist as a symbol of purity and humility, and around the shoulders as a sign of obedience is a devotion known as the Cord of what?
- a) St. Joseph
- b) Complications
- c) Seven
- d) Augustine
7) Popes
Pope Gregory III in 844 moved the feast of All Saints from what month to Nov. 1? The next pope, Gregory IV, made the feast day part of the universal church calendar.
- a) October
- b) May
- c) January
- d) March
Answers: 1) b, 2) d, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) a, 7) b