Lent
Prayer, Penance or Good Works?
Saint Joseph
Mardi Gras
Ash Wednesday
100

Lent Begins on This Day.

Ash Wednesday

100

Your family attends Stations of the Cross during lent. 

Prayer

100

Saint Joseph is the husband of _________.

The Blessed Virgin Mary 

100

Mardis Gras is the day before ___________. 

Ash Wednesday 

100
You receive ashes on your forehead in this shape on Ash Wednesday.  

The sign of the cross. 

200

Lent lasts this many days.

40

200

Your family volunteers at a soup kitchen. 

Good Works

200

Joseph's profession or job. 

Carpenter

200

This is the English translation of Mardis Gras.

Fat Tuesday

200

The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made from this. 

Burning the palms from the prior year's Palm Sunday. 

300

The liturgical color of lent. 

Purple or Violet

300

You give up video games during lent. 

Penance

300

The people of Sicily, Italy prayed to Saint Joseph for help with this.

Drought (lack of rain). 

300

The three traditional colors of Mardi Gras.

Green, Purple and Gold.

300

Ash Wednesday comes from the Old Testament tradition of wearing ashes and this as a sign up repentance. 

Sack Cloth

400

During lent we are preparing to review our __________ at Easter.

Baptism

400
Your Mom and Dad abstain or don't eat meat on Friday during lent. 

Penance 

400

On the feast day of Saint Joseph, some people set up a Saint Joseph's altar with three stairs that symbolize this.

The Holy Trinity 

400

What does it mean if you find the baby in the king cake? 

You have to bring the king cake next year. 

Other traditions: you have to host the Mardi Gras party the next year, you will have good luck for a year. 

400
Catholics age 14 and up practice abstinence on Ash Wednesday which means they don't eat this.  

Meat

500

Lent ends on this day. 

Holy Thursday

500

Your parish organizes a food drive during lent.  

Good Works

500

Who appeared to Joseph in a dream to tell him not to be afraid and to take Mary as his wife. 

The Angel of the Lord 

500

The first Mardi Gras in the United States was celebrated in this city. 

Mobile, Alabama

500

This fast food item was added to the menu for Catholics that were abstaining. 

Filet-O-Fish 

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