All Hallow's Eve
Pumpkins & Candy
Saint Trivia
Skeletons or Relics?
Holy Days of Obligation
100
The name of this holiday came from celebrating the night before (vigil) All Saints Day and All Souls Day.
What is Halloween (All Hallow's Eve)?
100
This Halloween item is a reminder of God's power to scoop out the "junk" in our souls and cleanse us of our sins.
What is a jack-o-lantern?
100
This is the patron saint of workers, fathers, and a holy death. His feast day is March 19.
Who is St. Joseph?
100
This holy item is a part of the body of a saint or an object that they owned or touched. It can be a bone, a piece of clothing, or even a part of Christ's cross.
What is a relic?
100
This holy day of obligation follows "All Hallow's Eve" or Halloween.
What is All Saints Day (Nov. 1)?
200
This is another way of saying "hallows."
What are "holy souls?"
200
This Halloween symbol shows us that the light of Christ shines in all of us as Christians for all the world to see.
What is placing a light inside a jack-o-lantern?
200
This patron of athletes is from Italy and loved to play soccer. He was beatified as a "Blessed" on May 6, 1990.
Who was Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati?
200
This part of every Catholic church has a relic of some kind. It is also the place where the priest consecrates the Holy Eucharist.
What is an altar?
200
This holy day of obligation falls on August 15 and is a Marian feast.
What is the Assumption of Mary?
300
People used to wear these (dressed like ghosts and demons) because they were making fun of the devil, who lost when Jesus rose from the dead.
What are Halloween costumes?
300
This Halloween custom started when beggars would go from door to door, promising to pray for loved ones who had died in exchange for some food or a treat.
What is trick or treating?
300
This nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity cared for the poor, sick, and dying people in Calcutta, India. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in October of 1993.
Who is Mother Teresa of Calcutta?
300
These acts performed with relics were recorded in the Bible and continue to occur today. Jesus also performed these when he healed the sick, raised the dead to life, and multiplied the loaves and fishes.
What is a miracle?
300
This is another Marian feast day, which we celebrate on December 8. Many people confuse this day with when Jesus began to grow in Mary's womb, but it is actually marking that Mary was born without sin.
What is the feast of the Immaculate Conception?
400
These were traditionally made as skulls and symbols of death to remind us that when we die Christ calls us to join Him in heaven.
What are Halloween decorations?
400
This saying is often found on headstones to remind us that we are called to pray for the dead. When we see these letters, we can pray, "Eternal rest grant unto them Oh, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them"
What is R.I.P. (rest in peace)?
400
This saint is often called the "Little Flower" because her love for Jesus was simple and beautiful like flowers. She was very young when she heard the call to become a Catholic nun at age 15. Her feast day is October 1.
Who is St. Therese of the Child Jesus?
400
Relics can be categorized in this number of ways, depending on whether the item touched the saint directly or indirectly.
What is 3?
400
This holy day of obligation is a favorite of many, when people often exchange gifts with one another just as the wise men gave gifts to Jesus when he was born.
What is Christmas (Dec. 25)?
500
These are two holy days in the Catholic Church that follow the secular holiday of Halloween.
What are All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2)?
500
This is a practice in Latin American countries and Mexico to celebrate those who have died by leaving an altar with treats and food in honor of family members.
What is Day of the Dead?
500
This patron saint of Catholic Action was known for giving up all he owned to live a very poor, simple life. He had a prayer for peace that is named after him, which begins, "O Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..." His feast day is Oct. 4, often connected to the blessing of animals, which he loved.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
500
The skeleton of the adult human body has this number of bones.
What is 206?
500
This holy day of obligation is also known as New Year's Day, a separate celebration from the one on the Church calendar. It falls exactly one week after another holy day.
What is the feast of Mary, the Mother of God (Jan. 1)?
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