Ash Wednesday
Ash Wedsnesday is how many days before Easter?
40 days
What do Catholics get on their forehead to represent Ash Wednesday?
Ashes
What is the main color of lent?
purple
What day does Jesus rise from the dead?
Easter Sunday
What is a Lenten prayer that involves a beaded string?
Rosary
Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
What sacrifice do Catholics start on Ash Wednesday?
Giving something up or making a positive swap
What color is used on the fourth Sunday of Lent?
Pink (rose)
What day was Jesus sentenced to death?
Good Friday
What mysteries focused on the death of Jesus?
Sorrowful mysteries
True or false: Catholics fast on Ash Wednesday?
True
What do Catholics abstain from eating during lent
meat
What color is worn on Easter?
White
What day does Holy Week start?
Palm Sunday
What is it called when Catholics take silent time, often in a chapel to pray?
Adoration
Fun Fact: What age does fasting on Ash Wednesday start?
14 years old
What do Catholics attend on Fridays, that is a result of fasting?
Fish fry
Fun Fact: what is the color sometimes used on Good Friday to represent mourning?
Black
Fun Fact: what is the garden of Gethsemane also called?
garden of tears
Fun Fact: There are _____ many stations of the cross?
fourteen stations
What do the ashes we receive represent?
repentance
Fun Fact: What was a snack used during Lent during the middle ages?
Pretzels
Which color is used on Palm Sunday occasionally?
Red
What happened on spy (hint: traitor) Wednesday?
Judas betrayed Jesus
What is a list of prayers in the Catholic Church usually said for a special intention?
Litany