Readers,
It’s almost Lent. Did you know this is the best season to run a marathon? Because that’s when you fast.
-H.C. Harold
PRINTABLE QUIZ
1) Current Events
Pope Francis recently visited South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. About what percentage of people in Congo are Catholic?
- a) 20%
- b) 30%
- c) 50%
- d) 60%
2) Lent
After what age do you no longer have to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday during Lent?
- a) 50
- b) 59
- c) 62
- d) 70
3) Current Events
Catholic aid agencies are working to help people in Turkey and Syria affected by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the countries on Feb. 6. The estimated death toll as of Feb. 13 was how many people?
- a) 5,000
- b) 10,000
- c) 36,000
- d) 45,000
4) More Lent
Traditionally, the holy oils are blessed on what day during Lent? (Though the Diocese of Honolulu holds its Mass earlier in the week.)
- a) Palm Sunday
- b) Holy Tuesday
- c) Holy Thursday
- d) Good Friday
5) Marian Apparitions
Our Lady of Good Health is the name for a series of apparitions in the 16th and17th centuries in what part of the world?
- a) the U.S.
- b) France
- c) Ireland
- d) India
6) A to Z Catholic Dictionary
Eschatology is the study of?
- a) Death and the end of the world
- b) Salvation
- c) Mary
- d) The body
7) Bible
Who of the following was not one of Adam and Eve’s sons?
- a) Cain
- b) Abel
- c) Seth
- d) Ishmael
Answers: 1) c, 2) b, 3) c, 4) c, 5) d, 6) a, 7) d
