Observance
On Fridays during Lent, Catholics are to abstain from eating the following food item.
What is meat?
The Sacrament in which the individual is anointed with oil called Chrism.
What is Confirmation?
This is the first day of lent and is marked by fasting and the marking of foreheads in the sign of a cross.
What is Ash Wednesday?
This is the number of Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
What are 7?
The name of the liturgical season leading up to Christmas.
What is Advent?
Sacrament which ends in penance.
What is the Reconciliation?
This day commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus.
What is Good Friday?
This is the number of Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
What are 12?
Prior to the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), which allowed for the Mass to be spoken in the local language of the parish, the Mass was spoken by the priests worldwide in this language.
What is Latin?
This sacrament of healing is given to someone before going in for a major surgery or someone who is very ill.
What is Anointing of the Sick?
This day of the week was when Jesus had the Last Supper with His disciples.
What is Holy Thursday?
This Gift of the Holy Spirit allows us to acknowledge the power & majesty of God.
What is "Fear of the Lord"?
The term for the touching of the forehead, chest and shoulders before & after prayer and Mass.
What is the sign of the cross?
This group is in charge of electing a new pope.
Who are the College of Cardinals?
The Sacrament that our pastor, Msgr. Mike, was required to take to become a priest.
What are Holy Orders?
This is the day after Halloween which commemorates the dead in Heaven and those in the church who led exceptional lives.
What is All Saints Day?
3 common symbols of the Holy Spirit.
What are wind, fire & water?
The term for the bowing of one knee which Catholics perform prior to entering the pews when they come into the area where the Holy Eucharist is present.
What is genuflect?
The number of Apostles of Jesus Christ.
(Double Jeopardy if you can name all of them)
What is 12?
Who were Peter, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the Lesser, Jude Thaddeus, Simon, and Judas Iscariot?
The number of Sacraments in the Catholic Church.
(Double Jeopardy if can you name all the Sacraments)
What is 7?
Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders & Matrimony
The day where we honor those that have gone before us.
What is "All Souls Day"?
This celebration occurs 50 days after Easter commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ
What is Pentecost?