Bible
This is the first book of the Bible
What is Genesis?
This was the first Pope.
Who is Peter?
This saint wrote most of the New Testament.
Who is St. Paul?
These are the two days we are required to fast as Catholics (although the Church encourages us to do more than the minimum)
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
The abbreviation A.D. (as in A.D. 2025, or opposite of B.C.) stands for this.
Anno Domini ("The year of the Lord")
This is the name of the bread from Heaven that sustained the Israelites in the desert for 40 years.
What is manna?
This is the color that priests wear during Advent and Lent. The color symbolizes penitence and waiting.
What is purple?
This early Church martyr survived being tied to a tree and shot with arrows. He is the patron saint of athletes.
Who is St. Sebastian?
Catholics are required to abstain from meat on these days in Lent.
What are fridays?
This is the capitol of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
This is who led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Who is Moses?
The Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles at this feast, marking the beginning of the Church's evangelization.
What is Pentecost?
Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
The phrase used during the Ash Wednesday mass, "you are dust, and to dust you shall return," comes from which book of the Bible?
What is Genesis?
What is 1969?
This is how many days Jesus wandered in the desert.
What is 40 days?
These are the seven Sacraments.
What are baptism, confirmation, eucharist, reconciliation (confession), holy orders, matrimony, and anointing of the sick?
This martyr is the patron saint of comedians, because when his killers were burning him alive, he joked with them saying, "turn me over, I think I'm done on this side."
Who is St. Lawrence?
These are the three spiritual disciplines that the Church calls us to grow in especially during Lent.
What are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving?
This is the number of sides in the shape called "decagon."
What is ten sides?
While Jesus was on trial, this disciple denied that he knew him three times.
Who is Peter?
This is the name of the creed that we say at mass every week.
What is the Nicene Creed?
This saint wrote the Book of Revelation.
Who is St. John?
This is the last Sunday of Lent. It commemorates Jesus' triumphant ride into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.
What is Palm Sunday?
This is the most recent war fought between the U.S and Great Britain.
What is the War of 1812?