Emerald Isle Style
Cyril Speaks, the Faithful Listen
The Silent Saint Speaks Volumes
Andean Answers
From Shadow into Day
100
Though he’s the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick was actually born in this neighboring island nation.
Britain
100
As bishop of this holy city, St. Cyril helped instruct new Christians in the faith.
Jerusalem
100
This biblical figure was the earthly father of Jesus and the husband of Mary.
St. Joseph
100
Though trained in law and not yet even ordained, St. Turibius of Mogrovejo was appointed Archbishop of this Peruvian town in the 16th century.
Lima
100
In the first reading, Samuel is sent to Bethlehem to anoint this youngest son of Jesse.
David
200
According to legend, St. Patrick used this common plant to [poorly] explain the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
Shamrock
200
Cyril was deeply involved in the debates of this 4th-century heresy, which denied the full divinity of Christ.
Arianism
200
The Catholic Church celebrates St. Joseph’s feast day -- a solemnity -- on this date, often marked with special altars and dishes.
March 19
200
As archbishop, he took his obligation to evangelize seriously: in 1584, he produced a trilingual catechism in Quechuan, Aymara, and this other language.
Spanish
200
Psalm 23 identifies the Lord with this occupation, adding that “there is nothing I shall want.”
Shepherd
300
St. Patrick’s early life took a dramatic turn when he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland for this purpose.
Slavery
300
St. Cyril is best known for giving catechetical lectures to people preparing to receive these three sacraments of initiation.
Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist
300
St. Joseph is often depicted holding this symbolic flower, representing his purity and role as the Blessed Mother’s chaste spouse.
Lily
300
Among those associated with the Church in Peru during Turibius’s time was this future saint.
St. Rose of Lima
300
St. Paul tells the Ephesians to live as children of this, which produces “goodness and righteousness and truth.”
Light
400
Despite popular belief, historians find no evidence that St. Patrick ever banished these reptiles from Ireland.
Snakes
400
Cyril was officially named a Doctor of the Church in 1883 by this leonine pope.
Pope Leo XIII
400
A lesser-known feast of St. Joseph, celebrated on May 1, was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to honor this group of people.
Workers
400
Among those he confirmed as a bishop, was this future saint, later famous as the first canonized saint of the Americas.
St. Rose of Lima
400
In the Gospel, Jesus sends the man born blind to wash in this pool, whose name means “Sent.”
Siloam
500
St. Patrick was the first to hold this title. His current successor in it has a fancy chair in this place:
Bishop of Armagh
500
In 381, Cyril took part in this ecumenical council, which helped confirm Nicene orthodoxy.
First Council of Constantinople
500
This Gospel contains the most information about St. Joseph, including the angelic dream that convinced him to take Mary as his wife.
Matthew
500
In a 2018 address, Pope Francis referred to St. Turibius as patron of this kind of person in Latin America.
Bishop
500
In spite of the miracle, some of the Pharisees didn't believe that Jesus could be from God, because he didn't keep this.
The sabbath