Catholic Church
The structure upon which the Mass is celebrated.
What is the altar?
Holds the wine that becomes the Precious Blood of Christ.
What is a Chalice?
The day that marks the beginning of Lent.
What is Ash Wednesday?
46 books of the bible that tell about the Jewish people and their faith in God before Jesus was born.
What is the Old Testament?
The first sacrament, takes away original sin.
What is Baptism?
We do this when entering or leaving the church or when passing in front of the tabernacle.
What is genuflect?
The liturgical colors for the following seasons.
1. Christmas & Easter Season
2. Ordinary times
3. Advent & Lent
200 points for each correct answer
What is
1. Christmas & Easter Season - White
2. Ordinary times - Green
3. Advent & Lent - Violet
The first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas.
What is Advent?
Bible passages are identified by these 3 things.
What is book, chapter, and verse (or lines)
Men ordained as priests, deacons, or bishops.
What are Holy Orders?
The act of prayerful thinking about what we have said or done in light of what the Gospel asks for. Something we do before going to confession.
What is Examination of Conscious?
A candle, often red, that burns near the tabernacle when the Blessed Sacrament is present there.
What is the sanctuary lamp?
The Sunday before Easter, when the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is celebrated
What is Palm Sunday?
The first book of the Bible.
What is Genesis?
Seals our life of faith in Jesus. Welcomes us as an adult in the church.
What is Confirmation?
The vessel in which the Blessed Sacrament is kept in between Masses.
What is the tabernacle?
I am prepared and blessed every year at the Easter Vigil. This stands near the altar during the Easter Season and near the baptismal font the rest of the year.
Double points for the proper name.
What is the Paschal Candle or Baptismal Candle?
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, observed with special solemnity as a time of devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ.
What is Holy Week?
The 27 books that tell the story of Jesus' life, Death, and Resurrection.
What is the new testament?
Through this sacrament we receive God's forgiveness. We receive Jesus' healing grace through absolution by the priest.
What is Reconciliation or Penance?
The 14 statues/wall hangings that represent the passion of Jesus.
What are the stations of the cross?
A sacred vessel with a metal holder that let us view the sacred host.
What is the Monstrance.
Celebrated on November 1, we celebrate all the saints in heaven.
What is All Saints Day?
The books that give us the "good news" in the Bible.
BONUS: Name the 4 books
What are the gospels?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
This sacrament unites a sick person's suffering with that of Jesus and brings forgiveness of sins.
What is Anointing of the Sick.