And so, my Haroldites, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? … Same here. 🙁 Don’t give up yet! Maybe this quiz will restore your commitment to excellence.
1) DIOCESAN CALENDAR
Each January, Bishop Larry Silva celebrates Mass at the ACCE. What does ACCE stand for?
- a) Annual Catechesis Conference for Ecumenism
- b) Annual Conference for Catholic Educators
- c) Annual Council of Catholic Confessors
- d) Annual Contemplative Congregations of Eastern Pacific
2) FUNDRAISING
The annual St. Marianne Cope Walk, held this year on Jan. 25, raises funds for St. Francis Kupuna Village, a senior living facility found in what part of Oahu?
- a) Kailua
- b) Waianae
- c) Liliha
- d) Kahala
3) CHURCH IN HAWAII
Which of the following saints does not have a Hawaii church named for him/her?
- a) St. Joseph
- b) St. Anthony
- c) St. Matthew
- d) St. Catherine
4) PERSONAL PIETIES
Which mysteries of the rosary are said on Wednesdays and Sundays of ordinary time?
- a) sorrowful
- b) joyous
- c) luminous
- d) glorious
5) MIRACLES
What miracle did Jesus carry out in the Jewish town of Kafr Kanna?
- a) changing water into wine
- b) healing the 10 people with leprosy
- c) calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee
- d) feeding the crowd with five loaves of bread and two fish
6) SANTO NINO
Who is credited with bringing the Santo Nino de Cebu, the oldest Christian relic in the Philippines, to the island nation in the year 1521?
- a) Francis Xavier
- b) Ferdinand Magellan
- c) Hernando Cortez
- d) Christopher Columbus
7) THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS
Who is the author of “The City of God,” “Confessions” and “On the Trinity”?
- a) Robert Barron
- b) Thomas Aquinas
- c) Augustine of Hippo
- d) Catherine of Siena
8) PAPAL APPOINTMENT
Pope Francis recently appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy as archbishop of what prominent American diocese?
- a) San Diego
- b) Chicago
- c) New York
- d) Washington, D.C.
Answers: 1) b, 2) c, 3) c, 4) d, 5) a, 6) b, 7) c, 8) d