Lent
The season of Lent prepares the way for this holiday celebration
What is Easter?
She was known around the world for her work with the poorest of the poor in India. Hint: Mommy met her.
Who is St. Theresa of Calcutta?
The 3 parts of the Holy Trinity?
What are the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit?
The first 3 words of the Bible
What are "In the beginning?"
The age when a Jewish boy becomes a man responsible for this actions
What is 13?
The number of days in Lent
What is 40?
On this saint's feast day, we bless the animals
Who is St. Francis?
God promised this man that his descendants would become a great nation and that he would bear a son with his wife, Sarah
Who is Abraham?
The creature in the Garden of Eden convinced Eve to eat the apple
What is the snake?
The coming of age celebration for Jewish girls
What is a Bat Mitzvah?
The color used in churches during Lent
What is purple or violet?
This former pope famously forgave the man who tried to assassinate him.
What is Saint John Paul II?
What is a covenant?
God created this on the first day
What is light?
or What is day and night?
The bar mitzvah boy reads from this text
What is the Torah?
Catholics do penance by giving up this food on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent
What is meat?
This saint founded many communities of early Christians to whom he wrote letters which are found in the Bible
Who is St. Paul?
The names of the four gospels
What are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
What did God do on the 7th day in the creation story?
What is rest?
The first 5 books of the Bible are called this
What is the Torah?
We celebrate Jesus' joyous entrance into Jerusalem by blessing tree branches on this Sunday before Easter.
What is Palm Sunday?
The first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church
Who is Kateri Tekawitha?
The day that the Holy Spirit came to Jesus' 12 apostles as Jesus promised, marking the start of the public ministry of the Church.
What is Pentecost?
The 2 sons of Adam and Eve
Who are Cain and Abel?
The first book of the Torah
What is Genesis?