November is here, my Quizzies! The month when we Catholics remember the dead, give thanks for the living and prepare for the coming of Christ. Enjoy!
1) BISHOPS
What is the specific name of the color that bishops and archbishops wear which distinguishes them from monsignors and cardinals?
a) Amaranth red
b) Scarlet
c) Tyrian purple
d) Fuchsia fidelis
2) VOCABULARY
When you see a “bobeche” in a church, what is it doing?
a) Catching dripping candlewax
b) Covering the ambo
c) Being passed around to collect offertory donations
d) Playing with their grandchildren
3) JUDAISM
In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), what is the name for the place where all human souls go after a person’s physical death?
a) Gehenna
b) Eden
c) Sheol
d) Purim
4) MARIAN DEVOTION
Our Lady of Donglu is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a Marian apparition in what country?
a) Vietnam
b) Thailand
c) Senegal
d) China
5) LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Nov. 9 is the feast of the dedication of which church, the seat of the bishop of Rome, the pope?
a) St. Peter’s
b) St. Mary Major
c) St. John Lateran
d) St. Paul Outside the Walls
6) CHURCH IN HAWAII
Which of the early Sacred Hearts missionaries to Hawaii died at sea and is buried on the tiny reef island of Na in the Caroline Islands?
a) Father Patrick Short
b) Father Arsensius Walsh
c) Father Alexis Bachelot
d) Father Louis Maigret
7) SAINTS
Who was the first American to be declared a saint?
a) Kateri Tekakwitha
b) Fulton Sheen
c) Elizabeth Seton
d) Frances Cabrini
8) CHURCH HISTORY
Acts 11:26 says that “it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.” Prior to that time and place, by what name were the early followers of Jesus called?
a) “Disciples of Christ”
b) “Believers”
c) “Followers of the Way”
d) “Messianic Jews”
Answers: 1) a, 2) a, 3) c, 4) d, 5) c, 6) c, 7) d, 8) c