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100

What are the long benches that people use for sitting? They usually have kneelers.

Pews
100

Why is the pew in the middle of the Church wider than the other pews? (Extra 50 points if you give both reasons). 

1. It is extra, accessible space for people with strollers and in wheelchairs. 

2. Eucharist is given out there as well, so it gives more space for people to walk

100

This item holds the host 

Paten

100

Name two times that candles are used during Catholic services.

Baptisms, weddings, funerals, Christmas Eve, Easter Vigil

100

What is the meaning of the word "incense" in Latin?

To burn

200

What is the table used during Mass for the consecration?

Altar

200
What are the two rooms used for at the front of the Church?

One is the old Baptism room, and the other is the Usher's room.

200

This item holds the wine/Blood

Chalice

200

Candles that are a reminder of a person's new life in Christ?

Baptismal candles

200

A metal container used to burn incense.

Thurible

300

This table holds the paten, chalice, and other Eucharistic items during the Mass.

The Credence table

300

These spaces are where we receive the sacrament of Reconciliation

Confessionals

300

This item is where the Body of Christ is kept between Masses.

Tabernacle

300

This candle represents Jesus as the light of the world, and is lit at the Easter Vigil, baptisms, funerals, and Sundays during the Easter season.

The Paschal Candle

300

What are the three vestments Fr. George taught us that priests wear during Mass?

Alb, Chasuble, Stole

400

Name two of the Saints seen in an alcove/niche within the Church of the Good Shepherd. Extra 50 points if you can tell us something about them

St. Ann is the Grandmother of Jesus/Mother of Mary

St. Joseph is the Stepfather of Jesus

Mary is also a Saint! 

St. Anthony was a Franciscan who was sometimes seen holding the baby Jesus

Saint Patrick, Saint Therese

400

What is the area called in the Church that is a raised platform? You can find the altar and often the tabernacle there.

Sanctuary 

400

This item is a napkin to clean the paten and chalice

Purificator 

400

What is the Sanctuary Candle? Extra 50 points if you remember which is the only day the Sanctuary Candle is not lit. 

The candle located near/above the Tabernacle. It is lit to show us that Jesus is present *(in the Tabernacle). The only day it is not lit is on Good Friday. 

400

What makes the sink where the chalice and paten are washed special/different than other sinks?

The water goes straight into the ground instead of into the sewer. 
500
This is where the priest reads the Gospel AND where the lector reads from the Old and New Testament. Extra 100 points if you can remember the names used when there are two separate places where the priest and the lector read.

Ambo is both; Pulpit (priest) and Lectern (lector)

500

There are 4 different winged creatures on the pillars around the Tabernacle. What are they, and what do they represent? Extra 50 points each if you are specific

Angel, Lion, Ox/Bull, Eagle; They represent the 4 gospels. Angel - St. Matthew; Lion - St. Mark; Ox/Bull - St. Luke; Eagle - St. John

500

This white linen cloth is placed on the altar underneath the paten and chalice during the celebration of the Eucharist; used to protect any particles of the Precious Body and Blood of Jesus from falling to the altar cloth. It represents the linen cloth that Jesus' body was wrapped in at His birth and death. 

Corporal

500

What do the 5 small pieces of incense represent on the Paschal Candle?

The wounds of Christ (head from thorns, two hands, feet together, and side) 

500

A sacred vessel designed to expose the consecrated Host to the congregation during adoration in the church 

Monstrance