Patron Saints
St Bernard, known for his eponymous rescue dogs, is the patron saint of mountaineers, and of this mountain range
What are the Alps?
Every sin can be described as this toward God. It's also frowned upon in dogs
What is disobedience?
This sacrament ends with the words of absolution - hopefully!
What is Penance / Reconciliation / Confession?
This North Bay city gets its floral name from a Dominican sister in Peru who became the first person born in the Americas to be canonized
What is Santa Rosa?
One who has received the sacrament of Holy Orders + an animalistic representation of Satan
What are Priest and Beast?
Ignatius of Loyola, Aloycius Gonzaga, Pope Francis
What is the Society of Jesus / the Jesuits / SJ?
St Monica, the patroness of mothers and married women, was mother to this sainted Doctor of the Church
Who is St Augustine?
This could be part of your final class project - or when Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem
What is Presentation?
The only sacrament that is administered by its recipients themselves; the priest is there to witness it
What is Marriage?
Three California Missions were named for arcangels: San Gabriel, San Miguel, and this one in Marin County
What is San Rafael?
Each Sunday, we recite the Nicene or Apostle's version of this + a deadly sin of excess
What are Creed and Greed?
Fra Angelico, Vincent Ferrer, Flannery O'Connor
What is the Order of Preachers / Dominicans / OP?
This "little flower" is patroness of France (along with Joan of Arc)
Who is St Therese of Lisieux?
The angel Gabriel's message to Mary that she would conceive and bear the Son of God - or the Greek Orthodox cathedral on Valencia Street
What is Annunciation?
The state capital of Sacramento, and the river that flows through it, were named for this most holy sacrament
What is the Eucharist?
This Jesuit university, on the site of a Mission with the same name, has as its namesake the foundress of a Franciscan monastic religious order.
What is Santa Clara?
The Church claims to be One, Holy, Catholic, and this, meaning "sent forth" + devilish
What are Apostolic and Diabolic?
Clare of Assisi, Bonaventure, Junipero Serra
What is the Order of Friars Minor / Franciscans / OFM?
St Paul is the patron saint of this small Mediterranean island nation; Acts 27-28 describes how he was shipwrecked there
What is Malta?
The sentence passed by Pontius Pilate that led to Jesus' crucifixion - or what could happen to a structurally unsound house
What is condemnation?
Of the seven sacraments, this is the number that were instituted by Jesus Christ himself
What is (all) seven?
This Mission near the central coast was named for a cousin of Jesus
What is San Juan Bautista?
A divine calling + the state of being ruined or condemned to hell
What are Vocation and Damnation?
Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Edith Stein
Who are the Carmelites / OCarm?
This bishop and martyr from modern-day Turkey is the patron saint of throats, and most parishes will bless your throat on his feast day in February
Who is St Blaise?
This first Glorious Mystery is what we celebrate on Easter Sunday
What is Resurrection?
This sacrament is the only one that can be received by absolutely anyone - so long as they haven't received it validly before
What is Baptism?
This suburb west of Los Angeles takes the Spanish name of the penitent thief who was crucified next to Jesus
What is San Dimas?
The state of being canonized + Screwtape's nephew
What are Sainthood and Wormwood?
Bede, Boniface, Scholastica, Dorothy Day
What is the Order of St Benedict / Benedictines / OSB?