Saints
Her feast day is today
Who is Teresa of Avila?
The bible was originally written in this language
What is Hebrew?
The priest wears this color to celebrate martyrs
What is red?
She founded the Missionaries of Charity
Who is Teresa of Calcutta (AKA Mother Teresa)?
He is the only Catholic president in American history
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Founder of the Jesuits, this Saint converted after reading about the lives of the saints while he was bed-ridden due to war injuries
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
These are the two most common Catholic translations of the Bible
What are New American and Revised Standard Version?
These seasons are celebrated with purple
What are Lent and Advent?
This saint rode into battle dressed as a man and eventually was burned at the stake as a martyr
Who is St. Joan of Arc?
This country has more Catholics than any other country
What is Brazil?
She said: "If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness."
Who is St. Therese of Lisieux?
The inventor of the printer who also printed the 1st Bible and was Catholic
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This is the name of the period that encompasses three days from the evening on Holy Thursday to the evening on Easter Sunday
What is the Triduum?
This woman headed up the Catholic Worker Movement and fought her entire life on behalf of the poor
Who is Dorothy Day?
He painted The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
This saint founded the Carmelite order with the saint whose feast day is today
Who is St. John of the Cross?
The Book of Revelation was a revelation to this apostle
Who is John?
These are the two books that the priest reads from during Mass
What are the Lectionary and the Roman Missal?
She was born a Jew, became an atheist as a teenager, converted to Catholicism, became a Carmelite nun, and died in Auschwitz
Who is St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)?
This is the name for a papal letter sent to all bishops in the Church
What is an encyclical?
This pope canonized more saints than any other pope
Who is Pope Francis?
Name two books of the bible that are only included in Catholic editions
What is Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Baruch
There are this many Holy Days of Obligation during the year (not including weekly Sunday Mass)
What is six?
She is a popular Catholic novelist and short-story writer, and she won the 1972 National Book Award for Fiction. A class about her was recently offered through the Divinity School.
Who is Flannery O'Connor?
This is the maximum number of sacraments one person can receive
What is six?