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Her feast day on May 13. Her message to the world: pray the rosary for world peace, the end of WW1, for sinners and for the conversion of Russia.
Who is Our Lady of Fatima?
The cardinals met in this place in Vatican City and when St. Leo was elected, white smoke blew from the chimney on the roof.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
This is how many days we celebrate Easter, or “Eastertide.”
What is 50 days?
This prayer helps us express our love for God as we praise him as the heavenly King, for what he does for us for and for his goodness and love.
What is the Gloria?
Jesus revealed to this saint that this was the hour of mercy.
Who is St. Faustina and what is 3:00?
Known as the saint for impossible cases, we will celebrate her feast day on May 22. Because she wanted to share Jesus’ pain & suffering, she was given a wound in her head that she bore for the last 15 years of her life.
Who is St. Rita of Cassia?
This is the number of years that Pope Francis, our 266th pope, served our Catholic Church.
What is 12?
He wrote the Acts of the Apostles, which we hear as our first reading throughout the Easter season.
Who is Luke?
These are the 2 main parts of the mass. In this part, we walk through the life and mission of Jesus through the seasons of the liturgical year.
What is the liturgy of the word and liturgy of the Eucharist? What is the liturgy of the word?
This is the theme that Pope Francis gave for our Jubilee year of 2025.
What the year of hope?
This apostle was called by Jesus to follow him and is credited with converting many to Christianity, including Nathaniel. We celebrated his feast day May 3.
Who is Philip?
Before he joined the Order of Saint Augustine, this is where Pope Leo earned a degree in Mathematics.
What is Villanova University in PA?
This is what happens to the Easter candle after the Easter season.
When is the Easter candle displayed near the baptismal font and lit for baptisms and funerals?
Instead of thinking about our to-do list for the day or the little girl with the cute dress sitting in front of us, these are the prayers of our heart before and after we receive Jesus in the Eucharist.
Answers may include: thanksgiving, praise, thanksgiving, love, thanksgiving, joy, healing, unworthy, petitions, more thanksgiving...and MANY more.
May is the month of your mother, my mother, everyone’s mother – and because she cares for all of us day-in-and-day-out without fail, interceding for us in even the tiniest matters. These are some ways to honor her at your church or in your home.
Answers will vary!
In the book of Acts, we read that this man was chosen as the 12th apostle to replace Judas Iscariot. His feast day was earlier this week on May 14.
Who is Matthias?
He was the pope that initiated the 2nd Vatican Council in 1962.
Who is Pope John XXIII?
This Holy Day of Obligation is celebrated during the Easter season.
When do we celebrate Ascension Thursday?
This prayer helps us prepare ourselves for a sacred encounter with the Lord by challenging us to consider 4 areas in which we may fallen into sin.
What is “Confiteor” or I confess or examination of conscience?
This birthday of the Catholic church is celebrated on the last day of the Easter Season. And these are 3 symbols to use when decorating the cake.
What is Pentecost, a dove, flame and wind?
This brave priest volunteered to minister to those living in a leper colony, eventually helping them build homes, schools & a church. He contracted leprosy & died in 1889. His feast day was May 10.
Who was St. Damien of Molokai?
This is the official ring that the pope wears and this is what happens to it after he dies.
What is the Fisherman’s Ring and when is it defaced/destroyed?
These are at least 4 differences you’ll notice at during a Sunday mass celebrated during Easter vs. a Sunday mass celebrated during lent.
What are singing the Gloria and Alleluia, the sprinkling rite replaces the penitential rite and the priest vestment turns from purple to white and the 1st reading is from the New Testament vs Old Testament?
This calls on God’s name to give us protection, presence and power in our life at mass or at any time in our life. St. Cyril called it “The badge of the faithful.”
What is the sign of the cross?
If you are unable to take a pilgrimage to Rome during Jubilee 2025 to pass through the official Holy Doors, you can obtain special graces by crossing through the Holy Doors of these 2 local churches.
What are the Cathedral of St. Paul and what is the Basilica of St. Mary?