Haroldites,
Here’s a little Old Testament joke for you: You look like you’re from Canaan. Amorite? Don’t get it? Go to the Book of Genesis.
Ever yours,
-H.C. Harold
PRINTABLE QUIZ
1) Current Events
According to a recent Catholic News Service report, many mainland dioceses are doing away with their Mass attendance dispensation as of what important date on the church calendar?
- a) the Assumption
- b) All Souls Day
- c) Pentecost
- d) Christmas
2) Popes
What is Pope Francis’ favorite film?
- a) Babette’s Feast
- b) The Ten Commandments
- c) Life is Beautiful
- d) The Two Popes
3) Catholic Hawaii
Who is the newest priest ordained for the Diocese of Honolulu?
- a) Father Pila Tulua
- b) Father Gary Secor
- c) Father Romple Emwalu
- d) Father Ace Tui
4) Liturgical Year
To mark the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) what is a common practice at many Catholic churches?
- a) A liturgical procession
- b) A large penance service
- c) A communion wafer baking day
- d) All day rosary recitations
5) Saints
If you read the May 28 issue’s Heralding Back*, you’ll know the answer to this question. In what year was Mother Marianne Cope declared venerable?
- a) 1983
- b) 2001
- c) 2004
- d) 2005
6) Scripture
The Gospel reading for June 6, 2021 (Mark 14:12-16, 22-26), is about Jesus and the disciples celebrating Passover. What signal did Jesus tell the disciples to look for to find the place they’d hold the Passover feast together?
- a) A dove descending on a house
- b) A man carrying a jar of water
- c) A woman at a well
- d) A blind beggar asking for alms
7) Saints
St. Boniface (feast day: June 5) is sometimes called the apostle of what country, since he helped bring the Catholic faith there?
- a) Germany
- b) Slovakia
- c) Poland
- d) Iceland
Answers: 1) c, 2) a, 3) d, 4) a, 5) c, 6) b, 7) a
*Heralding Back was inadvertently left out of the May 28, 2021 print edition, but is available online.