Catholic Terminology
Which part of the church is specifically reserved for the choir
choir loft
The 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit.
What are, Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety & Fear of God
The Sacraments of Healing.
The Number of commandments?
10
"In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit"
What is the Sign of the Cross?
Box-like repository for blessed Eucharist
What is the Tabernacle?
The Sacrament of Initiation that completes Baptism.
What is Confirmation?
The seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.
What are Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick?
The number of Apostles
12
Worn by Catholic priests as an outward symbol of their vocation.
What is the Roman collar?
what is the name of the elevated area that the priest or readers stand from which the scriptures are read and the homily is given?
Ambo or pulpit
The type of oil you will be anointed with during your Confirmation.
What is Chrism Oil?
This is erased by the Sacrament of Baptism.
What is Original Sin?
The number of days it rained while Noah was on the ark?
40
The celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles 9 days after Jesus' Ascension.
What is Pentecost?
The baptismal font
During Confirmation, the Bishop says, "Be sealed with the _________"
What is "the gift of the Holy Spirit"?
Which sacrament can forgive sins committed after baptism?
Reconciliation
The number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.
What is 7?
Powerful servants and messengers of God that have no bodies.
What are angels?
Table at the front of the church
What is the altar?
How many times can a person receive the Sacrament of confirmation?
1
In which sacrament does a person become a priest, deacon or bishop?
Holy Orders?
Number of books in the Bible
73 (46 OT) (27 NT)
The leaves that the people of Jerusalem laid on the ground for Jesus when he entered town and that we burn every Ash Wednesday
What are Palm
What is the long bench seating called where the congregation sits
pews
What are the symbols of Confirmation?
Wind, Fire, Water, hand , Dove, oil and seal
What symbol is used most during Baptism
Water
How many beatitudes are in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5)
8
The current earthly leader of the universal Roman Catholic Church.
Who is Pope Leo
What are the large often ornate window at the front or back of the church called typically featuring religious imagery?
Stained glass window
What is the Confirmation sponsors role?
To support and guide the candidate in faith before and after confirmation?
What. do Catholic believe the bread and wine become
The body and blood of Christ?
The number of Hail Mary prayed in the Rosary
53 standard 5 decade rosary (each has 10)
The Saint that our parish is named for.
Who is St. Mary?
The sanctuary
Who is able to minister the sacrament of Confirmation
Bishop (Priest can if given permission)
The founder of the Catholic Church.
Who is Jesus?
How the Bible is divided
What are the New Testament and Old Testament?
The point of time in Mass when the host becomes the body and the blood of christ.
What is the Transubstantiation?