1. Church in Hawaii

St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Windward Oahu used to be the site of what?

• a) a monastery
• b) a sugar mill
• c) a seminary
• d) an orphanage
• 2. Church Trivia

2. Church Trivia

What is a ciborium?

• a) a free-standing, floor-based candle stand
• b) a sacred cup-like vessel holding the consecrated hosts for distribution or for placement in the tabernacle
• c) a special vault in the church’s sacristy used to store chalices, patens and pyxes
• d) a small room where a religious novice spends a final hour in private prayer before taking his or her final vows

3. Saints

St. Julie Billiart (feast day: April 8) was a Frenchwoman who co-founded a women’s religious order with the goal of helping poor children. What  is the order’s name today?

• a) Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
• b) Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
• c) Benedictine Sisters
• d) Daughters of Charity

4. Scripture

Who are the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel?

• a) the twelve Judges of the Old Testament
• b) Joseph and his 11 brothers
• c) the twelve disciples
• d) There is no known historical basis for the tribes except that twelve was considered a perfect biblical number.

5. Other Religions

When the pope meets with members of other non-Christian religions in Washington, D.C., on April 17, one group will not join them because of security reasons – formally initiated members always carry a miniature sword or dagger. Which religion is this?

• a) Jains
• b) Hindus
• c) Sikhs
• d) Muslims

6. Picture

This “wedding church” (seen above) in Israel is a shrine which marks the occasion of Jesus’ first miracle,  transforming water into wine at a wedding feast. In what town did this miraculous event occur?

• a) Nazareth
• b) Jerusalem
• c) Bethany
• d) Cana

7. Theology

What does “apostasy” mean?

• a) a fantasy story about the lives of the apostles.
• b) the total and absolute repudiation of the Christian faith.
• c) a baked fig pudding made famous by Carthusian monks.
• d) the act of deifying an animal

8. Devotions

Sunday, March 30 was the Feast of what?

• a) the Ascension
• b) the Twelve Apostles
• c) the Divine Mercy
• d) Pentecost

9. Hawaii’s Beatified

The statue of Blessed Damien in front of the state capitol was created by which artist?

• a) Marisol Escobar
• b) Jean Charlot
• c) Yukio Murakami
• d) Pablo Minudo

10. Current Events

What Catholic organization held its annual convention this year in Indianapolis from March 25-28?

• a) the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• b) the Catholic Press Association
• c) the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars
• d) the National Catholic Educational Association

11. Religious orders

Hawaii used to have two different religious communities with the same formal name — “Society of Mary” — but different popular names. This sometimes led to confusion and misidentification. One of those orders left the islands several years ago. What was its popular name?

• a) Marists
• b) Maryknoll
• c) Mariannhill Missionaries
• d) Marionites