Catholic Celebration Days
This Holy Day of Obligation takes place on November 1st every year.
What is All Saints Day?
This sacrament perfects and confirms the sacrament of Baptism
What is Confirmation?
This saint is the patron saint of workers and was married to the woman who would eventually give birth to Jesus Christ.
Who is St. Joseph?
This is the first day of Lent and takes place exactly 46 days before Easter.
What is Ash Wednesday?
These people are present at the Sacrament of Confirmation to provide guidance and support.
Who are sponsors?
Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in this little town
What is Bethlehem?
The sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
What is the Eucharist?
This teenager who passed away in 2006 at the age of 15 had a passion for video games and computer programming. He devoted his life to serving God and helping others and will be officially canonized into sainthood on April 27, 2025.
On this day, we observe the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
What is Good Friday?
We all have one...it's the invisible spiritual principle of a human being that forms one nature with the human body. It is individual, immortal, and created by God.
What is a soul?
This day is celebrated exactly fifty days after Easter. It celebrates the descent of the holy spirit onto the disciples.
What is Pentecost?
This sacrament is a way for individuals to receive forgiveness of sins committed after Baptism, restoring their relationship with God and the Church
What is Penance?
Who is St. John?
This day which falls on the Sunday before Easter commemorates when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey as the people laid down clothing and palm leaves in his path.
What is Palm Sunday?
This is the mission of the Church - to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to people everywhere. Otherwise known as this.
What is Evangelization?
The Solemnity of Mary is the day when we celebrate Mary being the mother of Jesus. It falls every year on this date - hopefully you weren't up too late the night before watching the ball drop in Times Square.
What is January 1st (New Years Day)?
With this sacrament, we are freed from sin, become children of God, and are welcomed into the Church.
What is Baptism?
This saint was martyred at the young age of 15 for fighting and standing up for religious freedom against the Mexican government's anti-Catholic policies in the early 1900's.
Who is St. Jose Sanchez del Rio?
In Mass, when we hear "He took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: 'This is my body, which will be given for you: do this in memory of me", it is a celebration of this - Jesus' last meal with his Apostles.
What is the Last Supper?
This is a Holy Day of Obligation that celebrates Jesus Christ's return in all his glory to his Father in heaven 40 days after he was raised from the dead.
What is the Ascension?
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates Mary as being preserved from this type of sin.
What is original sin?
This sacrament provides spiritual and physical healing to those who are sick or dying.
What is Anointing of the Sick?
This saint was a Polish priest who was martyred saving the life of a fellow prisoner in a concentration camp during World War II
Who is St. Maximilian Kolbe
Because it celebrates when Jesus rose three days after his crucifixion, Easter is also known as this Sunday?
What is Resurrection Sunday?
Our ability to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong is called this.
What is a conscience?