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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: May 8, 2026

05/06/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Don’t you just love the beauty of Eastertide, Quizzers?! God is good! All the time! My quizzes are good! Most of the time!

1) APOSTLES

Who did the apostles choose to replace Judas?

a) Lazarus

b) Matthias

c) Barabbas

d) Irenaeus

2) LITURGICAL YEAR

The seventh Sunday of Easter this year celebrates what event?

a) the Ascension

b) the Annunciation

c) the Immaculate Conception

d) the Assumption of Mary

3) CHURCH IN HAWAII

Where on Oahu is the St. Anthony Retreat Center located?

a) Kailua

b) Kuliouou

c) Kapolei

d) Kalihi

4) PAPAL WRITINGS

Which of these is NOT the name of a papal encyclical?

a) “Ecclesia Caritas”

b) “Laudate Si’”

c) “Pacem in Terris”

d) “Rerum Novarum”

5) SCRIPTURE

Fill in the blank from the first reading on the feast of the Ascension: “In the first book, ________, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught.”

a) Mother Most Holy

b) Theophilus

c) Children

d) Brothers

6) SAINTS

St. Monica is the mother of which doctor of the church?

a) St. Athanasius

b) St. Augustine

c) St. Ambrose

d) St. Thomas Aquinas

7) PRAYER

In which prayer can you find the following line: “O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me”?

a) Divine Mercy chaplet

b) Memorare

c) Hail Mary

d) Angelus

8) OCIA

What is the final, post-baptismal period of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults?

a) Neuropathy

b) Catechumenate

c) Mystagogy

d) Inquiry

Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) a, 5) b, 6) b, 7) b, 8) c

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