St. Patrick
The feast day of Saint Patrick
March 17th
The date of the Solemnity of St. Joseph
March 19th
This local school won the men's national championship in 2002 and the women's national championship in 2006.
University of Maryland Terrapins
The light from a rainbow comes from this
The sun
The date of the Annunciation of the Lord
March 25th
St. Patrick was said to have described the Holy Trinity using this plant.
Three leaf clover
St. Joseph has no quoted words in scripture. This gospel does not mention St. Joseph at all.
Gospel of Mark
On March 13, 2018, this Maryland school was the first 16-seed to beat a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament.
UMBC Retrievers (beat UVA)
This NFL team is named after a western gold rush in the mid 1800s
This occurs nine months after Annunciation
Christmas
Blue
St. Joseph is the patron of many causes… what does his May 1st feast day celebrate?
St. Joseph the Worker
This current NBA superstar had 40 points for Davidson vs 7-seed Gonzaga in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
Stephen Curry
This Irish word means clover
Shamrock
Gospel passage where we hear the account of the Annunciation
Luke 1:26-38
St. Patrick was enslaved as a teenager and taken to Ireland to do this.
Herd sheep
St. Joseph is commonly depicted with this flower which typically blooms in early Spring around his feast!
Lily
This then 98-year-old religious sister was the famous chaplain of the 11-seed Loyola University Chicago Ramblers during their 2018 cinderella run to the Final Four.
Sister Jean (Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM)
Rainbows are created when light passes through raindrops acting as this optical device
prism
The decade of the rosary that meditates on the Annunciation
The first joyful mystery
Saint Patrick was not born Irish but this nationality
Roman
St. Joseph descended from this famous Israelite king
King David
This historic college basketball team won 7 consecutive NCAA titles (1967-1973), coached by legend John Wooden.
UCLA Bruins
The typical vocation of a leprechaun is thought to be this
Shoemaker
This liturgical event causes the feast to be transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter
Holy Week