Here’s your latest Catholic quiz, Heraldistas. No tricks! All treats!
1) SCRIPTURE
In the Gospel reading (Mk 10:46-52) for Oct. 27, what was the name of the blind man cured by Jesus on the road to Jericho?
- a) Zacchaeus
- b) Bartimaeus
- c) Saul
- d) Barabbas
2) FAMOUS CATHOLICS
Thomas Merton, writer, theologian and social activist, was a member of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. What is the more common name for that religious order?
- a) Franciscans
- b) Carmelites
- c) Trappists
- d) Jesuits
3) SAINTS
Oct. 28 is the feast of Saints Simon and Jude. By what other name is St. Jude referred to in the Gospels?
- a) Thaddeus
- b) Matthew
- c) Joseph
- d) Alphaeus
4) VOTE!
The U.S. general election is coming up on Nov. 5. How many Catholic presidents have there been in the United States so far?
- a) 1
- b) 2
- c) 3
- d) 0
5) CLERGY
What term refers to a priest assigned by the bishop to oversee the activities of other priests and parishes of a particular geographic area of a diocese?
- a) vicar general
- b) parochial vicar
- c) judicial vicar
- d) vicar forane
6) LITURGICAL RITES
Which of these is not one of the rites of a Catholic funeral?
- a) vigil service
- b) final commendation and committal
- c) funeral Mass
- d) eulogy
7) ALL SOULS’ DAY
To celebrate All Souls’ Day in Italy it has been the tradition to make cookies in the shape of what?
- a) bones
- b) crosses
- c) headstones
- d) skulls
8) THEOLOGY
What does eschatology focus on?
- a) study of ethical behavior and morality
- b) study of death, the afterlife and the end times
- c) study of church doctrine
- d) study of beauty and art
Answers: 1) b, 2) c, 3) a, 4) b, 5) d, 6) d, 7) a, 8) b