Dear friends, 

The flag is out for our veterans as we celebrate the day our country has gratefully set aside in their honor coming up in a couple of weeks. The best to all this November.

1. Liturgy

What is not an officially approved color for liturgical vestments?

• a) rose
• b) gold
• c) blue
• d) violet

2. Holiday Question

Veterans Day is Nov. 12. What United States Catholic entity serves those that serve our country in the military?

• a) Diocese of the Pentagon
• b) Archdiocese for Military Services, USA, Washington, D.C.
• c) U.S. Armed Services Catholic Secretariate
• d) the diocese in which a military base is located.

3. Theology

“Alleluia” is an expression of joy derived from the Hebrew word meaning what?

• a) “Let heaven rejoice and earth be glad!”
• b) “Joy to the world, the Lord has come!”
• c) “God is good, forever and ever!”
• d) “All hail to him who is, praise God!”

4. Saints

The city of San Diego in California is named after this 15th century Spanish saint and Franciscan lay brother (feast day: Nov. 13).

• a) St. Didacus
• b) St. Daniel
• c) St. David
• d) St. James

5. Church in Hawaii

Which order of priests is not in Hawaii?

• a) Dominicans
• b) Franciscans
• c) Benedictines
• d) Jesuits

6. Picture

Can you name Hawaii’s fifth apostolic vicar as depicted here on the right being blessed by Pope Pius XI on this stained glass window in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace ?

• a) Clarence Silva
• b) Stephen Alencastre
• c) Gulstan Ropert
• d) Etienne Rouchouze

7. Current Events

When he takes office in January, this state’s new governor-elect, Bobby Jindal, will become the first India-American governor, the youngest current governor, and the first governor who is a convert to Catholicism from Hinduism.

• a) Louisiana
• b) Oregon
• c) Iowa
• d) New Mexico

8. Sin & Virtue

One of the qualities sought in a person considered for sainthood is that he or she lived a life of “heroic virtue.” What does that mean?

• a) The person had to live a life of poverty, chastity and obedience.
• b) The candidate must have saved another person’s life.
• c) He or she must have practiced the four cardinal virtues and three theological virtues in a remarkable fashion.
• d) It just means the person was a martyr.

9. Sacraments

What is the name of the basin in most church sacristies that leads directly into the ground and is used for the proper disposal of sacred substances and the cleansing of vessels that contained the Body and Blood of Christ?

• a) sacramonal
• b) communion font
• c) reliquary
• d) sacrarium

10. Church Trivia

Which country has no Catholic bishops?

• a) Cuba
• b) Saudi Arabia
• c) Laos
• d) Myanmar

11. Scripture

What is the name of the first Catholic-authorized translation of the Bible directly from its original languages into English?

• a) King James Bible
• b) Jerusalem Bible
• c) New American Bible
• d) Great Catholic Bible

12. Popes

Pope Benedict XVI was born where?

• a) Hungary
• b) Austria
• c) Bulgaria
• d) Germany