MAY 20, 2017
1:00 PM
AROUND THE WORLD
100 The approximate population of Catholics in the world.
What is one billion.
200 The continent with the largest number of Catholics.
What is South America.
300 The number of Catholic priests in the world.
What is four hundred thousand.
400 The country with the highest Catholic population.
What is Brazil.
500 The city, besides the Vatican, housing the most relics.
What is Pittsburgh.
WHO’S WHO IN 33 AD
100 Jesus’ grandmother.
Who is St. Anne.
200 The Apostles mentioned most in the Gospels.
Who is St. Peter.
300 St. Luke’s occupation.
What is physician (doctor).
400 The Apostle to the Gentiles (not one of the twelve.)
Who is St. Paul (or Saul of Tarsus).
500 A dove told him Jesus was the Son of God.
Who is John the Baptist.
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
100 He wrote the first five books of the Old Testament.
Who is Moses.
200 The number of New Testament authors.
What is 10. (9 is also acceptable.)
300 Two out of the four Major Prophets.
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel
400 The two bishops addressed in the Pastoral Epistles.
Who are Timothy and Titus.
500 The number of Minor Prophets.
What is 12.
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
100 A gift from Our Lady, still present in Lourdes, France.
What is a miraculous spring of water.
200 The author of St. Faustina’s diary?
Who is Jesus Christ.
300 Levitation earned this saint the name “the flying friar.”
Who is St. Joseph of Cupertino.
400 This saint is mentioned in the Ambrosian Canon.
Who is St. Apollinaris of Ravenna.
500 This 20th century flying friar chased bombers away from his hometown.
Who is St. Padre Pio (of Pietrelcina)
MASS APPEAL
100 Vatican II said to hold this musical instrument in highest esteem at Mass.
What is the pipe organ.
200 The number of Bible readings at Mass on a Sunday or Solemnity.
What are three.
300 A ferial Mass is this.
What is a daily Mass.
400 This hymn is sung before the Collect on Feasts or Solemnities.
What is the Gloria (Glory to God.)
500 This prayer, dating to the 4th century, is known as the Canon of the Mass.
What is Eucharistic Prayer I.
JESUIT INITIALS
100 S.J.
What is Society of Jesus.
200 I.H.S.
What are the first three letters of “JESus” in Greek.
300 F.X.
What is (Who is) Francis Xavier.
400 S.T.D.
What is Doctorate in Sacred Theology.
500 A.M.D.G.
What is For the Greater Glory of God.
POPE CULTURE
FINAL
Besides being popes mentioned in the Roman Canon, what do Linus,
Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, and Cornelius all share in common?
What is martyrdom.
THANK YOU TO OUR THREE CONTESTANTS!
and the runners up won copies of Fr. Mitch's book "The Holy Spirit: A Bible Study Guide for Catholics."
THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY, TO FR. MITCH PACWA, S.J. FOR AN ENTERTAINING, INSPIRATIONAL, AND EDIFYING DAY OF MASS AND RETREAT TALKS!
