Ciao bellissimi amici! In honor of Bishop Silva and Msgr. Secor being in Rome and the Vatican very recently, I’m making this entire quiz Italian- and Vatican-themed. Speaking of that, have you heard that the nuns who work at the Vatican always wear the same thing? It must be a habit. -H.C. Harold 1) Bishops […]

Welcome to the new year my quizzical friends! The year 2020 is going to have so many puns about perfect vision that I can’t wait to see them all! 1) U.S. Catholics In late December, St. Anne Church in Cow Island, Louisiana, used a crop duster plane to spread what over the small town? Hint: […]

Hi quizzers, Why did the parishioners giggle during the priest’s homily? They had Mass hysteria! Hopefully this didn’t happen during any of the Christmas services you were at recently. 1) Scripture In the Dec. 29 Gospel reading, Matthew tells the story of when the Holy Family fled to Egypt. How did they know it was […]

Happy Advent Quizzers! In honor of the season, I’ve created an all-Advent, all-Christmas themed quiz for you. Plus a Christmas joke: A man sent his friend a cryptic Christmas card. It said: A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X […]

Heraldites, Advent starts Dec. 1 so I wanted to make sure you got an Advent joke in preparation. What happened to the man who stole an Advent calendar? He got 25 days! 1) Catholic Hawaii Back in 2009, St. Joseph Church in Kaumakani, a mission of St. Theresa Parish in Kekaha, Kauai, closed. Before it […]

Hello Herald quiztakers, Thanksgiving is soon, so for you cooks, start throwing up those prayers to St. Lawrence and St. Martha. But hopefully you won’t need to pray to St. Joseph of Cupertino for his intercession while taking this quiz! 1) Catholic Hawaii Esitio Niuliki, the soon-to-be-ordained priest for the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts […]

Herald readers, Here’s your joke of the issue: A father was reading Bible stories to his kids. He read, “The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.” One child stopped him and asked, “What […]

Friends, Since we are approaching All Saints Day, I thought I’d liberally sprinkle this quiz with saint-centered questions. 1) Saints Oct. 19 is the feast of Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues along with companion priests and laymen, who were martyred while trying to bring the Catholic faith to Native Americans in North America […]

Have you heard this one, my friends? God tells one of his angels, “Do you know what I have just done? I have just created a 24-hour period of alternating light and darkness on Earth. Isn’t that good?” The angel replies, “Yes, but what will you do now?” God says, “I think I’ll call it […]