Life
The birth name of St. John Paul II
Karol Józef Wojtyła
The date of JP2's election
16 October 1978
Date and location of the first encounter of Fr. Buela with JP2
Plaza San Pedro on January 28th 1981
The age that JPII continued skiing.
73 years old
The date and birth town of St. John Paul II
May 18 1920
Wadowice, Second Polish Republic
The number of World Youth Days that JPII celebrated during his pontificate
The 19 WYDs celebrated during his pontificate brought together millions of young people from all over the world.
List the times JPII is cited in our constitutions and directory.
about 1,100
The number of countries that JP2 visited.
129 countries
The date of JPII baptized, and the ages he made his first Holy Communion and Confirmation
He was baptized on June 20, 1920 in the parish church of Wadowice by Fr. Franciszek Zak and made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18.
St. John Paul II was the first non Italian pope elected in ________ years. And the _________ from a Slavic country.
455, first
In the spirit of ________, JP2 suggests to follow, for Marian Slavery, since it is the best means of participating ____ and ______
#83
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, fruitfully, effectively
The number of pages that JP2 wrote on avg/yr.
He averaged more than 3,000 pages a year during his pontificate alone.
The date and location where JPII was appointed auxiliary bishop
On 4 July 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła auxiliary bishop of Krakow. Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak ordained him in Wawel Cathedral (Krakow) on 28 September 1958.
The major event that occured on May 3 1981
An attempt was made on Pope John Paul II's life in Saint Peter's Square. Saved by the maternal hand of the Mother of God, following a lengthy stay in the hospital, he forgave the attempted assassin and, aware of having received a great gift, intensified his pastoral commitments with heroic generosity.
State the number in our constitutions of the following quote:
Becoming man is “the first and fundamental mystery of Jesus,” and “God had never been so close to man – and man had never been so close to God – as in that precise moment: in the instant of the mystery of the Incarnation!”
40
The number of beatifications that JP2 proclaimed
Pope John Paul II celebrated 147 beatifications, during which he proclaimed 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints.
Beatification date of JP2, by who and location
John Paul II was beatified in Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
The number of assemblies of the Synod of Bishops that JPII organized
He organized 15 Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops - six Ordinary General Assemblies (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2001), one Extraordinary General Assembly (1985) and eight Special Assemblies (1980,1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).
Name the homily that St. John Paul II gave when he visited Our Lady of Lujan on June 11, 1982.
“Discovering the mystery of God’s love”
- The cross of Christ on Calvary
- Adopted sons
It is thus that, when we embrace Christ’s cross with our gaze the words addressed to Mary from the height of that cross assume for us even greater significance: “‘Woman, behold, your son!”‘ (Jn 19:26). And to John: “‘Behold, your mother!”‘ (Jn 19:27). These words are a kind of will of our Redeemer. He who with his cross fulfilled the eternal plan of God’s love, who with the cross restores the dignity of the adopted sons of God, the same one entrusts us, at the moment of completing his sacrifice, to his own Mother as children. In fact, we maintain that the phrase “behold your son” refers not only to the one disciple who remained near the cross of his Master, but also to all men.
List the 10 golden roses that JP2 gave to Marian churches/shrines.
1. Black Madonna of Częstochowa,
2. Knock Shrine
3.Basilica of Our Lady of Luján
4.Basilica of Assumption of Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad
5.Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
6.Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Evangelization
7.Holy House of Loreto
8.Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
9.Saint Joseph's Oratory
10.Sameiro Sanctuary