Anabel Mutune, a third grader at Transfiguration Catholic School in Oakdale, Minn., prays during a Children’s Rosary Pilgrimage at Transfiguration Church Oct. 7, 2020. Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis was the celebrant. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Hi Heraldites,
Thanks to Chrislyn Villena for sharing this joke in the Hawaii Catholic Herald Families Facebook group: How did God illuminate his message? He used the Israelites!
-H.C. Harold
PRINTABLE QUIZ
1) Vatican II
True or False: Two popes presided over the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II.
- a) True
- b) False
2) Hawaii Catholic
On May 20, 1941, Pope Pius XII appointed whom as the first bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu? (He was ordained a bishop on July 25 of that year.)
- a) John J. Scanlan
- b) John A. Burns
- c) Joseph A. Ferrario
- d) James J. Sweeney
3) U.S. Catholic
Which saint was named an honorary citizen of the United States?
- a) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
- b) St. Teresa of Calcutta
- c) St. Damien of Molokai
- d) St. Junipero Serra
4) Obligations
True or False: It’s a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sundays and other holy days of obligation deliberately and without just cause.
- a) True
- b) False
5) Trivia
What, by definition, are the precepts of the Catholic Church, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church?
- a) The biases other religions have against the Church.
- b) The leaders of the various dioceses in the Catholic Church.
- c) The basic things Catholics are to do besides the 10 Commandments.
- d) The reasons someone would be excommunicated from the Church.
6) Trivia
Besides “You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor” and “You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season,” which of these is NOT one of the precepts of the Catholic Church?
- a) “You shall confess your sins at least once a year.”
- b) “You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church”
- c) “You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.”
- d) “You shall attend adoration at least once a year.”
7) Marian Devotions
How many mysteries are there in the rosary?
- a) 15
- b) 20
- c) 25
- d) 32
Answers: 1) a, 2) d, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) d, 7) b
