Heraldites,
I have some more Lenten questions mixed into this issue’s quiz. I hope you find them intriguing and not penitential.
1) Ash Wednesday redux
Who may receive ashes on Ash Wednesday?
- a) Only Catholics
- b) Only Catholics in a state of grace
- c) Only members of a Christian faith
- d) Anyone
2) Current Events
What new lay ministry rite did Pope Francis recently create?
- a) Lector
- b) Catechist
- c) Cantor
- d) Parent
3) Synods
Since Pope Paul VI created the Synod of Bishops in 1967, how many synods have been held?
- a) 15
- b) 22
- c) 30
- d) 41
4) Saints
What was the highest clerical rank St. Patrick achieved?
- a) Priest
- b) Bishop
- c) Primate
- d) Cardinal
5) Quotable
Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen said the following (fill in the blank): “Unless there is ___ in our lives, there will never be an Easter Sunday.”
- a) Christ
- b) Penance
- c) Suffering
- d) a Good Friday
6) Around the world
In what country is the Monday before Ash Wednesday called Clean Monday, a day on which people eat seafood, picnic and fly kites?
- a) Italy
- b) Greece
- c) Belgium
- d) Germany
7) Saints
St. Katharine Drexel founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament religious order with what purpose in mind?
- a) To serve Black and Native American people
- b) To create Catholic schools on the east coast
- c) To raise money for and awareness of leprosy
- d) To educate poor European immigrants
Answers: 1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c, 5) d, 6) b, 7) a