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Heraldites, Advent starts Dec. 1 so I wanted to make sure you got an Advent joke in preparation. What happened to the man who stole an Advent calendar? He got 25 days!
1) Catholic Hawaii
Back in 2009, St. Joseph Church in Kaumakani, a mission of St. Theresa Parish in Kekaha, Kauai, closed. Before it was a Catholic church, what was the building that housed St. Joseph used for?
- a) a bowling alley
- b) a pool hall
- c) a community center
- d) a Methodist church
2) Advent
The Jesse tree tradition, where a tree is decorated with symbols connecting the Old Testament through Jesus’ birth, stems from the Bible verse Isaiah 11:1: “But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.” Who was Jesse?
- a) The father of King David
- b) A prophet who foretold Jesus’ birth
- c) The father of Joseph
- d) The Virgin Mary’s 10 times “great” grandfather
3) More Catholic Hawaii
If you read our cover story from the Nov. 15 issue, you’ll know that this is the nickname given to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary’s priests.
- a) Dehonians
- b) Picpus Fathers
- c) Sacred Heart Missionaries
- d) Timon David Fathers
4) More Advent
By one tradition, Advent started in this country, when the Catholic Church began marking “St. Martin’s Lent” from the Nov. 11 feast of St. Martin of Tours until Epiphany.
- a) France
- b) Germany
- c) Italy
- d) Great Britain
5) Advent Times Three
Advent in the Roman Catholic Church used to include a bigger focus on which practice that we more often associate with Lent today?
- a) Prayer
- b) Almsgiving
- c) Sparse church decorations
- d) Fasting
6) Even More Catholic Hawaii
Who became the bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in 1994?
- a) Bishop John J. Scanlan
- b) Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario
- c) Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo
- d) Bishop Larry Silva
7) Alphabet Soup
Brothers, sisters and fathers that are members of religious orders going by the initials CSC all have what words in their name?
- a) Holy Cross
- b) St. Charles
- c) Christian Schools
- d) Sacred Crosiers
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) d, 6) c, 7) a