Readers, since Easter is only a week away, I threw in some themed questions for you to get into the spirit or test your family and friends over your Easter feast.
1) Pope
Where does the pope traditionally hold the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday?
- a) St. Peter’s Square
- b) The Colosseum
- c) St. Peter’s Basilica
- d) Via Dolorosa
2) Palm Sunday
Where was Jesus when he told his disciples to go and fetch him a donkey/colt to ride on into Jerusalem?
- a) Mount of Olives
- b) Mount Sinai
- c) Mount Tabor
- d) Mount Vesuvius
3) Saints
St. Teresa of Los Andes, a Carmelite, was Chile’s first saint, canonized in 1993 by which pope?
- a) John Paul I
- b) Paul IV
- c) John Paul II
- d) Benedict XVI
4) True or false
Unlike a candidate, a catechumen for the Catholic Church has not been baptized in a Christian faith.
- a) True
- b) False
5) Around the World
Semana Santa in Spain is what?
- a) An annual campaign to boost seminary enrollment
- b) A week where Catholic churches tell stories of the saints
- c) A series of processions during Holy Week
- d) None of the above
6) Catholic Hawaii
Hawaii’s Resurrection of the Lord Parish is aptly named for the Easter season. Where is it located?
- a) Waipio
- b) Mililani
- c) Kailua-Kona
- d) Kula
7) Liturgy
When is the Exsultet sung during Holy Week?
- a) Holy Thursday
- b) Good Friday
- c) Easter Vigil
- d) Easter Sunday
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) a, 5) c, 6) a, 7) c
