It's not cross-country running, but it is cross-country...and Fr. Bob enjoys this when he can in the winter months.
What is X-C skiing?
100
Upon his death in 2005, many Catholics began to refer to this Polish pope as "Great".
Who is Pope John Paul II? [Who is JPII?]
100
On January 8, heading home, Rick's Prius had the unfortunate luck of smacking one of these down Highway G.
What is a whitetail deer?
100
The river where John was baptizing and where he baptized Jesus.
What is the Jordan River?
100
The Gathering Rite; The Liturgy of the Word; The Liturgy of the Eucharist; The Concluding Rites or Dismissal.
What are the 4 principal parts of the Mass?
200
It's the year - 24 1/2 years ago - when Fr. Bob was appointed Pastor of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish in Eagle River.
What is 1988.
200
She magnified the Lord saying: "He who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is His name!"
Who is Mary?
200
Restarting this month after a long lockout, this teeth-rattling sport is Rick's favorite pro sport to watch.
What is pro hockey?
200
While the Baptism of the Lord is the last feast of the Christmas Season, it is also the first Sunday of this other liturgical time.
What is Ordinary Time?
200
The number of scriptural texts that are proclaimed at a normal Sunday Mass.
What is 4?
[Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle, Gospel]
300
These are what Fr. Bob is referring to if he says he was out picking sulphur shelf, shaggy manes, or oysters.
What are mushrooms?
300
This great medieval scholar and teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas is greatly loved in Land O'Lakes.
Who is St. Albert the Great? (Who is Albert?)
300
This was Rick's title or role at Fox Valley Technical College for 17 years.
What is an instructor/trainer?
(What is a teacher?)
300
He humbly and graciously said, "He must increase, I must decrease."
Who is John the Baptist?
300
His presence is fourfold at Mass: In...
1) the gathered Believers; 2) Scripture
3) Minister(s) 4) Holy Communion
Who is Christ?
400
Fr. Bob has two sisters (Kathy and Terri) who both lost homes when this famous storm roared out of the Gulf in 2005.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
400
The chant used in the Latin Mass was named after this Pope who probably had little or nothing to do with its composition.
Who is Pope St. Gregory the Great?
(Who is Gregory I?)
[Gregorian Chant]
400
While he did spend several months in the Jefferson County Jail, Rick's "jail time" was actually based in this work.
What is law enforcement?
(What is a deputy sheriff?)
400
In Luke's account, the real baptism of Jesus comes in the descent of the Holy Spirit, not in the water; and it happens here.
What is "on the shore" or dry land, or away from the river, or at prayer?
400
By cup, by straw, by spoon, or by intinction.
What are the four possible ways to receive the Precious Blood? [Roman Missal #42-50]
500
St. Lawrence Seminary, where Fr. Bob began high school studies back in 1962, is located in this rural Wisconsin town that sounds like where Jesus died.
What is Mount Calvary?
500
During the Great Western Schism (1378 - 1417), this number of men were simultaneously claiming to be the pope.
What is three?
[Benedict XIII, Gregory XII, and Alexander V... and his successor John XXIII]
500
Ordained for this particular diocese in 2000, Rick remains "hinged" there, being just "on loan" to us in the Diocese of Superior.
What is the Diocese of Green Bay?
500
Among the early Semites, love descending from heaven (from Ishtar-Astarte, the goddess of love) would have come down in this avian form.
What is a dove?
500
The number of times at each Mass that the priest normally says, "The Lord be with you, to which the people reply, "And with your spirit."
What is four?
[Greeting; Gospel; Preface; Final Blessing]