Catholic Pastries
These "cakes" are often eaten in the US in preparation for Lent.
What are pancakes?
Mary's relative Elizabeth's husband.
Who is Zechariah?
Starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. A priest and a sister engage in a little friendly rivalry but end up saving their school from closure.
What is The Bells of St. Mary's.
Who is Pope Francis
This missionary was kidnapped by pirates as a child. As a bishop, he returned to that land to convert the people of his former captors.
Who is Saint Patrick
This pastry includes a non-edible ingredient and is traditionally served on Epiphany.
What is a King's Cake?
Mary's parents.
Who are Sts. Anne and Joachim?
Starring Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills. This comedy centers around the Convent of St. Francis and two disorderly pupils.
What is The Trouble with Angels.
This pope was a soccer goalkeeper in his youth as well as a gymnast. He remained very active as he rose up the ecclesial ladder and added a "sports" component to the Pontifical Council for Lay People.
This Albanian nun, traveled far from home to serve the poorest of the poor.
Who is St. Theresa of Calcutta
This Italian braided pastry includes brightly colored hard-boiled (or baked) eggs.
What is Pane di Pasqua (Easter Bread)?
St. Therese of Liseux's parents.
Who are Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin?
1943 film, starring Jennifer Jones. This film tells the story of a young girl who experienced 18 visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
What is The Song of Bernadette?
Who is Pius X?
This missionary served on an island reserved for outcasts until his death.
Who is St. Damien
This Christmas German bread was very bland until Pope Innocent III lifted the Advent "butter ban", resulting in rich, sweet, bread filled with raisins and candied citrus fruits, and was the inspiration for the English fruit cake.
What is the Stollen or Christollen?
This comedian jokes that his wife Jeannine is a "Shiite Catholic".
Who is Jim Gaffigan?
This 2006 film, while not overtly Catholic, portrays a pro-life ethic as the two main characters form a strong bond and struggle to understand the complexities of their life choices--an unplanned pregnancy and a manslaughter charge.
What is Bella?
This Pope was an avid outdoorsman and applied to be a member of the 1899 Italian Northpole Expedition--but they would not take a priest.
Who is Pope Pius XI.
This Saint desired to be a missionary to China, but when she had an audience with the Pope he told her "go not to the East, but to the West". She went on to minister to immigrants in the United States.
Who is Frances Cabrini
These two "breakfast" breads were baked in celebration of the Polish victory over the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
What are the croissant and the bagel?
This famous Catholic's parents met through the following personal add: "Middle-ranking civil servant, single, Catholic, 43, immaculate past, from the country, is looking for a good Catholic, pure girl who can cook well, tackle all household chores, with a talent for sewing and homemaking with a view to marriage as soon as possible. Fortune desirable but not a precondition."
Who is Pope Benedict the XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)?
This 1987 film tells the story of several Jewish boys being hidden at a French Catholic boarding school during WWII.
Who is Pope Pius XII
This missionary accompanied St. Paul on his journies through Macedonia.
Who is St. Timothy