Mary's Life
Prayers and Symbols
Feast Days
Names of Mary
Random Facts
100
The Name of Mary's Mother.
Who is Saint Anne?
According to Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus.
100
Recite the Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
100
Name the feast day that occurs on December 8th
What is the Immaculagte Conception?
On December 8, we honor Mary, our Mother. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic feast celebrating Mary's conception without sin. Even though this feast day occurs in the liturgical season of Advent, which prepares for the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne.
100
The name of Jesus' mother
Who is Mary?
100
Name the most common color used in statuary and iconography for the Blessed Virgin Mary.
BLUE
The color blue has enough general associations that we can apply to Mary: it is the color of the sky/the heavens, and represents peace and tranquility. Tranquility befits Our Mother, who kept all the events of her Son’s life in her heart. Use of the color blue for the Virgin Mary has roots in the Old Testament, Church history, and her apparitions throughout the last several centuries.
200
The date of Mary's birth
September 8th
The Nativity of the Mother of God, also known as the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is celebrated on September 8th and marks the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s plan for the salvation of humanity. According to tradition, Mary was born to Joachim and Anne, a devout and elderly couple who had longed for a child but remained barren for many years. Their deep faith and persistent prayer were rewarded when an angel appeared to them, announcing that they would have a daughter who would play a crucial role in God’s redemptive plan.
200
Name the prayer that is also known as the Angelical Salutation and Ave Maria
What is the Hail Mary?
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
200
Name the December 12th feast day that commemorates the Virgin Mary appearing to a peasant named Juan Diego in 1531.
What is the Our Lady of Guadalupe?
She appeared to Juan Diego as the poor Indigenous walked to Mass on a Saturday morning in December 1531. Juan Diego heard enchanting sounds on his path. Mary then appeared to him out of a bright cloud, as an Indigenous maiden dressed as an Aztec princess.
In his native language, she asked Juan Diego to visit Bishop Juan de Zumárraga, bishop of Mexico. Her message: to build a chapel on the spot where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared that day.
200
Mary's name in the original manuscripts of the New Testament was based on her original Aramaic name מרים, transliterated as ______.
Who is Miryam or Mariam?
The English name Mary comes from the Greek Μαρία, a shortened form of the name Μαριάμ. Both Μαρία and Μαριάμ appear in the New Testament.
200
The full name of Christopher Columbus's ship Santa Maria was _________.
What is La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción? This translates to "The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception."
Christopher Columbus named his flagship "Santa Maria de la Inmaculada Concepción" because he was deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary and specifically the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, essentially seeking her protection and guidance throughout his voyage by invoking her name on his primary ship.
300
Mary gave birth to Christ in Bethlehem, but she was only visiting there. In which city did she herself live?
Nazareth
(Luke 1:26-28) God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee. The angel went to a virgin promised in marriage to a descendant of David named Joseph. The virgin's name was Mary. When the angel entered her home, he greeted her and said, 'You are favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you.'"
300
The Christian event that tells the story of the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would conceive and give birth to Jesus Christ.
What is the Annunciation?
The Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated on March 25, nine months before Christmas.
300
On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of _____ recalling a series of 18 appearances that the Blessed Virgin Mary made to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, Saint Bernadette Soubirous.
Who is Our Lady of Lourdes?
On Feb. 11, 1858, Bernadette went to gather firewood with her sister and a friend. As she approached a grotto near a river, she saw a light coming from a spot near a rosebush. The light surrounded a woman who wore a white dress and held a rosary. Seeing the lady in white make the sign of the Cross, Bernadette knelt, took out her own rosary, and began to pray. When she finished praying, the woman motioned for her to approach.“She told me also,” Bernadette later wrote, “that she did not promise to make me happy in this world, but in the next.”
300
The Church recognizes how many formal titles for Mary
(number)
6
300
After Jesus is born, Joseph and Mary take him to the temple in Jerusalem to consecrate him to the Lord. And according to Levitical law, Mary and Joseph make an offering of _____.
(Hint: the answer is sang in a popular christmas song)
What are Two TurtleDoves.
Luke 2:22–24
22 And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
400
Recite Mary's famous response to the Angel Gabriel when he appeared to her announcing she would bore the Son of God.
"And Mary said, 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.' And the angel departed from her." Luke 1:38
400
Upon the head of the woman clothed with the sun there is "a crown of twelve stars." This sign symbolizes _________.
What is the 12 tribes of Israel?
The significance of the 12 tribes means that the Virgin Mary is at the centre of the People of God, of the entire communion of saints.
400
The Assumption of Mary occurs on what specific date?
August 15th
August 15 is the day that Catholics have long celebrated what is called the Dormition (falling asleep) or Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Assumption celebrates both the happy departure of Mary from this life by her natural death, and her assumption bodily into heaven.
400
The Church recognizes these six “formal” titles for Mary, which corresponds to Church teaching and dogmas concerning her.
1. Who is Blessed Virgin Mary?
2.Who is the Mother of God?
3. Who is Our Lady?
4. Who is Queen of Heaven?
5. Who is Immaculate Conception?
6. Who is Assumption?
400
Name the tallest Statue of Mary, where it exists and its height.
Mother of All Asia Tower of Peace
Located in the Philippines standing at 322-ft tall is the tallest standing statue of Mary.
500
Mary's favorite flower
A Rose
Mary has shown us that the rose is her favorite flower, through the mysterious roses that Juan Diego picked before giving him her image on his tilma, to the garland of roses she wore during her apparitions at La Sallette, to the beautiful roses she brought at Lourdes, Pontmain, Pellevoisin, Beauaing and Banneaux. It is said, for every Hail Mary we say, is like placing a rose at her feet.
500
Describe the Miraculous Medal and the prayer that goes along with it.
The Miraculous Medal, the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, popularly known as the Miraculous Medal, is unique among all medals. The Blessed Virgin gave it to Catherine Laboure on November 27th, 1830. The apparition appeared in the Motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, in Paris France. Catherine saw Our Lady standing on a globe with dazzling rays of light streaming from her outstretched hands. Framing the figure was the inscription:
O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Mary then spoke to Catherine, “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around their neck.”
The vision then rotated showing the reverse side of the medal: the letter M surmounted by a cross with a bar at its base. Below this monogram, the Sacred Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary pierced with a sword.
500
June 27 is the feast day of ______, who is known for miracles and answers to prayer. It is associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Child.
Who is Our Mother of Perpetual Help?
Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying.
O Purest Mary, O Sweetest Mary, let thy name henceforth be ever on my lips.
Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on you, for, in all my needs, in all my temptations I shall never cease to call on you, ever repeating thy sacred name, Mary.
O what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion fills my soul when I pronounce your sacred name or even only think of you.
I thank God for having given you, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name.
But I will not be content with merely pronouncing your name: let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you, Mother of Perpetual Help. Amen.
500
Jesus told us that we can only get to the Father through the Son, but Jesus came to us through his Mother, Mary. Therefore, she is called the “______” because she delivered Jesus to us.
Gate of Heaven
Mary is called the Gate of Heaven, because it was through her that our Lord passed from heaven to earth. The Prophet Ezechiel, prophesying of Mary, says, “the gate shall be closed, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it, since the Lord God of Israel has entered through it—and it shall be closed for the Prince, the Prince Himself shall sit in it.”
500
During the Middle Ages, Europe’s crops were plagued by pests. After farmers prayed to Mary, these bugs appeared that preserved the crops. These "bugs" were dubbed _____ in honor of Our Lady! Their red color was said to resemble her cloak, and their seven black dots were thought to represent her seven sorrows.
What is LadyBug?
Their red color was said to resemble her cloak, and their seven black dots were thought to represent her seven sorrows.