Happy New Year! Hope you all had a blessed Christmas season.1. Hawaii’s Beatified
Blessed Marianne Cope’s feast day is Jan. 23. What day does that mark?
a) the day she arrived in Hawaii
b) her birthdate
c) the day she died
d) the day she professed her final vows
2. Current Events
On Jan. 4, a German company announced it will donate these items for the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall in honor of German-born Pope Benedict XVI.
a) large oak entrance doors for the hall
b) pamphlets including a history of the hall and a biography of Paul VI
c) enough candles for ceremonies taking place in the building over the next five years
d) 2,000 solar modules to be installed on the hall’s roof that will generate electricity for the building
3. Vatican II
Why was it significant that in the third session of Vatican II, Patrick Keegan, president of the World Movement of Christian Workers, addressed the council?
a) He was the first layman in modern times to address a council working session.
b) He represented the working class.
c) Keegan was from England and no British citizen had spoken at a council since the founding of the Church of England.
d) He spoke on controversial topics.
4. Scripture
The heroic deeds of this prophetess and the only female Judge of Israel are recounted in the Book of Judges.
a) Judith
b) Deborah
c) Jael
d) Esther
5. Feast Day Question
Jan. 13 is the Baptism of the Lord. Who baptized Jesus?
a) Simeon
b) Mary, his mother
c) John the Baptist
d) Zacharia
6. Picture
This stained-glass window in Christ Our Hope Church in Lithonia, Ga., depicts Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King and was made by Cistercian Father Methodius Telnack. This year on Jan. 21, the U.S. will mark what anniversary year of King’s death?
a) 50 years
b) 45 years
c) 35 years
d) 40 years
7. Saints
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (feast day: Jan. 12) was a Frenchwoman who came to teach in what relatively new colony in 1653? She devoted herself to teaching the Catholic faith, opening the first school there in 1658 and later founding the Congregation of Notre Dame. She is often referred to as the “mother of the colony” and was the first woman saint of the country the ex-colony is in.
a) Montreal
b) Louisiana
c) Quebec
d) Maryland
8. Church Trivia
What is the name of the house parish priests often reside in?
a) chancery
b) rectory
c) vestibule
d) sanctuary
9. Popes
In his first papal visit to the United States in April, Pope Benedict XVI will visit which two American cities?
a) New York and Baltimore
b) Boston and New Orleans
c) New York and Washington
d) Baltimore and Washington
10. Church in Hawaii
In 2006, Catholic Charities Hawaii started moving its offices to which district of Honolulu?
a) Makiki
b) Kalihi Palama
c) Kaimuki
d) Kakaako
11. Other Religions
The New Year for the lunar-based Islamic calendar falls on a different date in the Western calendar each year. This year North American Muslims celebrated New Year on Jan. 10, marking the start of the first month in the Islamic year, which is called what?
a) Ramadan
b) Muharram
c) Eid al-Adha
d) Hajj
12. Theology
The Catholic Church’s liturgical year begins when?
a) Easter Sunday
b) the first Sunday in Ordinary Time
c) Christmas Day
d) the first Sunday in Advent
Answers: 1) b 2) d 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) d 7) a 8) b 9) c 10) a 11) b 12) d