Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz

Aloha quiz fans, check out Question 11 to see why I'm waving our state flag. --H.C. Harold

1. Saints

A wealthy wife and mother, this saint (U.S. feast day: Aug. 18) became a nun at 45 when she founded the Congregation of the Visitation with St. Francis de Sales.

• a) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
• b) St. Jane Frances de Chantal
• c) St. Catherine of Siena
• d) St. Barbara

2. Church Trivia

What is intinction?

• a) a way of distributing the Sacred Blood during Holy Communion by dipping the host in the wine
• b) the act of blessing oneself with holy water
• c) the shaving of a monk’s head
• d) the fourth level of contemplation

3. Scripture

Isaac was the son of whom?

• a) Deborah
• b) Tamar
• c) Rachel
• d) Sarah

4. Other Religions

Joseph Smith Jr. founded what church in the 1800s?

• a) the Church of Scientology
• b) the Society of Friends
• c) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• d) the Anabaptists

5. Sin & Virtue

When speaking of sin, what does “scruple” mean?

• a) being at the right level of moral acuity
• b) an unreasonable fear that your actions are sinful when they are not, or are not as sinful as you think
• c) believing that you must be scrupulously clean in order to be free of sin
• d) how sharp you are in detecting a sin

6. Theology

What is the Magnificat?

• a) the assumption of Mary into heaven
• b) the “magnificent” benevolence of God
• c) a term used by popes to describe the miracle of Jesus’ birth
• d) the canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary

7. Picture

What is special about the sarcophagus of Pope Paul II, located in the grottoes of St. Peter’s Basilica?

• a) It is made of a very rare Italian marble.
• b) It rests mere feet from Pope John Paul II’s tomb.
• c) It’s empty. The pope’s body was lost in the early 1600s when papal tombs were moved from the 4th century St. Peter’s Basilica.
• d) It is a replica of the original sarcophagus, which was destroyed in an earthquake in the 800s.

8. Church in Hawaii

Before Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo was installed as the fourth Bishop of Honolulu, he was auxiliary bishop of what diocese?

• a) Syracuse, New York
• b) Scranton, Pennsylvania
• c) San Francisco, California
• d) Richmond, Virginia

9. Religious Orders

A priest with “M.M.” after his name belongs to which society or order?

• a) Marianists
• b) Maryknoll
• c) Montfort Missionaries
• d) Marists

10. Liturgy

What is the Red Mass?

• a) a Mass marking the installation of a cardinal
• b) a Mass honoring the all the Holy Martyrs
• c) a Mass celebrated by the bishop for the opening of a legislative or judicial session
• d) a common name for the liturgy at Pentecost

11. Holiday Question

Aug. 17 is the 50th state's Admission Day. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, which of the following facts was true?

• a) The church in Hawaii became a diocese.
• b) Hawaii’s Belgian missionaries had to return home for one year.
• c) Bishop James Sweeney became a citizen.
• d) None of the above

Answers: 1) b  2) a  3) d  4) c  5) b  6) d  7) c  8) b  9) b  10) c  11) d