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100

Our response when the priest says: "The Lord be with you."

What is "And with your spirit."

100

The group of immigrants who founded Saint Josaphat Parish in 1888.

What is the Polish?

100

The number of days in the season of Lent.

What is 40?

100

The name of our current Pope.

What is Pope Francis?

100

The names of each Gospel writer in the New Testament.

Who is Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

200

The language of the Holy Mass prior to the Second Vatican Council in 1962.

What is Latin? (It is still the official language of the Church)

200

Saint Josaphat is widely considered to be the Patron Saint of this country.

What is Ukraine?

200

The liturgical season designed to prepare us for Christ's incarnation at Christmas.

What is Advent?

200

The name of the first Pope, appointed by Jesus Christ.

What is Saint Peter (Simon Peter)?

200

The persecutor turned martyr who wrote the vast majority of letters in the New Testament.

Who is Saint Paul?

300

The number of readings from the Holy Bible at a Sunday Mass.

What is four? (First Reading, Responsorial Psalm, Second Reading, Gospel)

300

At the time of St. Josaphat's construction, this building was the only one in the United States to have a larger dome.

What is the United States Capitol?

300

The color worn by the priest during the season of Ordinary Time.

What is green?

300

The name of our Archbishop in Milwaukee.

What is Archbishop Jerome Listecki?

300

The other book (aside from John and his letters) written by John the Beloved in the New Testament.

What is Revelation?

400

The only day of the Liturgical Year that Mass is not celebrated.

What is Good Friday?
400

The color of St. Josaphat's dome ONLY during the first few years of its life (it was last replaced in the 1990s).

What is gold?

400
The "birthday" of the Catholic Church, which celebrates the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles.

What is Pentecost?

400

The name of a second currently living Pope, who resigned in 2013 due to health concerns.

What is Benedict XVI?

400

The number of books taken out of the Holy Bible by Martin Luther during the Protestant Reformation.

What is seven?
500

The Latin phrase meaning "toward the East", referring to the priest facing towards the tabernacle with his back to the people.

What is "ad orientem"?

500

The type of building (and location) that was demolished before traveling in pieces to Milwaukee. These pieces would become the Church we have today.

What is the United States Custom House, Court House, and Post Office (Chicago, IL)?

500

The Holy Day of Obligation that celebrates Mary's body and soul rising into heaven.

What is the Assumption? (August 15)

500

The name for a priest (usually a bishop), appointed by the Pope, who lives at the Vatican and elects a new Pope when necessary.

What is a Cardinal?

500

The man responsible for translating the Bible into Latin around AD 400.

Who was Saint Jerome?