Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 29, 2022

1. True or false: Bishop Street in Honolulu is so-named because the cathedral where the Catholic bishop of Hawaii presides sits on the corner of Bishop and Beretania Streets. a) True b) False

2. How many days is the Easter season? a) 1 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50

3. In the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Easter, which disciple so eager to see Jesus on the shore, jumped in the sea and swam to shore rather than waiting for the boat to be rowed to the beach? a) Nathaniel b) Simon Peter c) Didymus d) John

4. This year, which two other major world religions celebrated religious holidays at the same time as Holy Week and Easter weekend? (Select multiple answers) a) Islam b) Judaism c) Buddhism d) Bahai faith

5. The Daughters of St. Paul announced on April 19 that its Honolulu location of Pauline Books & Media and the sisters who reside at the convent there will be closed down, along with three other locations on the mainland. In what year did the Daughters of St. Paul first arrive in Hawaii? a) 1902 b) 1957 c) 1974 d) 1991

6. True or False: Easter always falls in either March or April. a) True b) False

7. Father Michael Sawyer, one of the founders of the Benedictine Monastery in Hawaii and its former prior, recently passed away at age 97. The present-day monastery is in Waialua, but where did the Benedictines initially live for a few years after arriving in the islands in 1983? a) a Waialae Iki Ridge home b) St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe c) St. Patrick Monastery in Kaimuki d) St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 29, 2022

1) Catholic Hawaii

True or false: Bishop Street in Honolulu is so-named because the cathedral where the Catholic bishop of Hawaii presides sits on the corner of Bishop and Beretania Streets.

2) Easter

How many days is the Easter season?

3) Scripture

In the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Easter, which disciple so eager to see Jesus on the shore, jumped in the sea and swam to shore rather than waiting for the boat to be rowed to the beach?

4) Religious Holidays

This year, which two other major world religions celebrated religious holidays at the same time as Holy Week and Easter weekend? (Select multiple answers)

5) Catholic Hawaii

The Daughters of St. Paul announced on April 19 that its Honolulu location of Pauline Books & Media and the sisters who reside at the convent there will be closed down, along with three other locations on the mainland. In what year did the Daughters of St. Paul first arrive in Hawaii?

6) Easter Facts

True or False: Easter always falls in either March or April.

7) Catholic Hawaii

Father Michael Sawyer, one of the founders of the Benedictine Monastery in Hawaii and its former prior, recently passed away at age 97. The present-day monastery is in Waialua, but where did the Benedictines initially live for a few years after arriving in the islands in 1983?