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1) Liturgical Year
The seventh Sunday of Easter this year celebrates what?
- a) the Ascension
- b) the Annunciation
- c) the Immaculate Conception
- d) the Assumption of Mary
2) Catholic Hawaii
With the recent retirement of Deacon Ronald Choo, there are no longer any members of the first permanent deacon class for the Diocese of Honolulu in active ministry in Hawaii. In what year were the first permanent deacons ordained for the diocese?
- a) 1967
- b) 1978
- c) 1981
- d) 1984
3) Current events
In what European country is in-person Mass still banned by the country’s government due to COVID-19?
- a) Italy
- b) Ireland
- c) France
- d) Great Britain
Tapestry of St. Teresa of Kolkata on the facade of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Sept. 7, 2017. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
4) Quotes
Many quotes have been attributed to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, but many of them she never said. Which of these is a REAL quote of the famous saint?
- a) “Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”
- b) “Live simply so others may simply live.”
- c) “A life not lived for others is not a life.”
- d) “Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net by which we catch souls.”
5) Catholicism A to Z
What is a bobeche?
- a) A nickname for elderly female parishioners in Poland
- b) A wax drip catcher put around a candle
- c) An annex built onto a cathedral
- d) You just made that word up, didn’t you?
6) Scripture
In what book of the Bible is the wedding at Cana mentioned?
- a) Matthew
- b) Mark
- c) Luke
- d) John
7) Vatican
Why did Pope Pius IX say he was a prisoner of the Vatican?
- a) Because of a schism in the church that didn’t recognize his authority.
- b) Because of his not recognizing the new Italian nation-state and refusing to leave the Vatican.
- c) Because he suffered from paralysis and was unable to travel.
- d) Because the College of Cardinals would not let him step down.
Answers: 1) a, 2) c, 3) b, 4) d, 5) b, 6) d, 7) b
