October, the month of the holy rosary, holds much homage to our Blessed Mother, Heraldites. My latest quiz has a theme befitting such a Marian month.
1) SAINTS
The Blessed Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in a vision to which saint in 1206, giving him the rosary to use as an aid to convert heretics in France?
a) St. Francis of Assisi
b) St. Dominic de Guzman
c) St. Benedict of Nursia
d) St. Teresa of Avila
2) SCRIPTURE
In which of the Gospels can you find the story of the wedding at Cana, Jesus’ first public miracle and the second luminous mystery of the rosary?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
d) John
3) MARIAN APPARITIONS
Which of these was NOT one of the children to whom Our Lady of Fatima appeared?
a) Jacinta
b) Francisco
c) Maria
d) Lucia
4) PERSONAL PIETY
What is the fifth glorious mystery of the rosary?
a) The Annunciation
b) The Visitation
c) The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
d) The Coronation of Mary
5) CHURCH IN HAWAII
Which of the following islands does NOT have a parish named for a Marian title?
a) Maui
b) Molokai
c) Hawaii
d) Lanai
6) SACRAMENTALS
What is the name for a string of medieval prayer beads used by Catholics that preceded the creation of the rosary?
a) komboloi
b) gaudate
c) chotki
d) paternoster
7) MARIOLOGY
Which pope added the luminous mysteries to the recitation of the rosary?
a) John Paul II
b) Francis
c) Paul VI
d) Benedict XVI
8) DECADES
Who first gave the decades of the rosary the names “joyful,” “sorrowful” and “glorious”?
a) Blessed William Chaminade
b) Dominic of Prussia
c) St. Rose of Lima
d) Alan de Rose
Answers: 1) b, 2) d, 3) c, 4) d, 5) d, 6) d, 7) a, 8) b