November 21st
This feast commemorates the dedication of Mary to God as a child.
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of this form of artistic expression.
Music
The Feast of Christ the King is celebrated on this Sunday in the liturgical year.
The last Sunday of Ordinary Time
When the persecutions began under the emperor Maxentius, she went to the emperor and rebuked him for his cruelty. The emperor summoned 50 of the best pagan philosophers and orators to dispute with her, hoping that they would refute her pro-Christian arguments, but Catherine won the debate. Several of her adversaries, conquered by her eloquence, did this and were at once put to death.
Converted
Saint Andrew was the brother of this most-prominent apostle.
Saint Peter
According to tradition, Mary was presented at this sacred site in Jerusalem as a child.
The Temple
Saint Cecilia is venerated as a martyr for her faith and is said to have suffered martyrdom in this century.
3rd Century
This pope established the Feast of Christ the King in 1925.
Pius XI
While she was imprisoned before her execution she was visited by the wife of this person, who also converted and was martyred.
Emperor Maxentius
Before following Jesus, Saint Andrew was originally a disciple of this figure.
Saint John the Baptist
The Presentation of Mary symbolizes her role in salvation history and this virtue of complete surrender to God's will.
Obedience
Saint Cecilia is traditionally associated with this city, where her martyrdom is believed to have taken place.
Rome
The Feast of Christ the King emphasizes Christ’s authority over these two realms.
Heaven and Earth
Saint Catherine was sentenced to death on this type of device, which is now associated with her iconography.
Breaking wheel
In the Gospel of John, Saint Andrew is the first to declare Jesus as this.
Messiah
The Presentation of Mary is associated with her parents, named this in Christian tradition.
Saints Joachim and Anne
Saint Cecilia’s husband, Valerian, converted to Christianity after encountering this type of celestial being.
Angel
The Gospel reading for the Feast of Christ the King often includes this livestock-related scene of judgment, found in Matthew 25.
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
However, when she touched it, it shattered, and she was instead executed by this method.
Beheading
Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on this type of cross, which sounds like a popular seasoning.
Saltire
Although not explicitly mentioned in Scripture, the tradition of Mary's Presentation is derived from the Protoevangelium of this person.
James
The Basilica of Saint Cecilia, built in her honor, is located in this Roman neighborhood.
Trastevere
The Feast of Christ the King was intended to combat the rise of this ideology, which denies the authority of Christ and separates religion from other aspects of human life.
Secularism
More than 1,100 years after Catherine's martyrdom, this French saint identified her as one of the saints who appeared to and counselled her.
Joan of Arc
Saint Andrew is credited with spreading Christianity to this region, now part of Eastern Europe.
Scythia (or modern-day Ukraine and Russia)