Church History
This saint was the first pope of the Catholic Church.
Who is St. Peter?
She is the first American-born saint.
Who is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
Where is Rome?
This is how the Mass begins and how all prayers begin.
HINT: it is a prayer in itself!
What is "The Sign of the Cross"?
The 12 drummers drumming represents this group of men who followed Christ.
Who are the 12 Apostles.
This area of waiting following a person's death allows for purification of their soul before they enter Heaven.
What is purgatory?
He is the patron saint of sports and athletes.
Who is St. Sebastian?
HINT: it was not the Greek version, but the Latin Vulgate
What is the Bible?
The Mass is broken into 2 parts.
What is the Liturgy of the Word?
What is the Liturgy of the Eucharist?
The 8 maids a'milking are based off of a series of 8 blessings Jesus gave at the Sermon on the Mount.
HINT: not the Our Father.
What are the beatitudes?
This event began in 1517 when an Augustinian monk displayed a summary of the 95 ways he disagreed with the Catholic Church on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral (Germany).
What is the Protestant Reformation?
She is the mother of the Blessed Mother, Mary.
Who is St. Anne?
This is the language that Jesus spoke.
HINT: it is considered a dead language.
What is Aramaic?
As Catholics, we believe that the host actually becomes the Body of Christ through this rite.
What is Transubstantiation?
Three French hens can represent three things:
1. The Supreme Deity we worship as a perfect union of persons.
2. A list of three important virtues.
3. The three men who visited Jesus at His birth.
What is the Holy Trinity?
What are the three Theological Virtues?
Who are the three kings?
EXTRA POINT: can you name the virtues???
This Church Council affirmed the infallibility of the Pope when he speaks of faith and morals.
HINT: occurred after the Council of Trent (1545) and before the Second Vatican Council (1962). There was only 1 council in between
What is Vatican I
A native of Italy, is the patron saint of animals, merchants, and ecologists.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
This artist is famous for his painting of the Last Supper.
HINT: he is from the Renaissance era.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The responses in the Mass are traditionally based off of Latin except for this one part which is based in Greek.
HINT: It is at the beginning of the Mass even before the 1st reading.
What is the "Kyrie Eleison"?
What is the "Lord have Mercy"?
Six geese a'laying represent this important event in the book of Genesis when God rested on the 7th day.
What are the six days of Creation?
The text of the Old Testament written in Greek.
What is the Septuagint?
He is a saint and also an archangel who protects people from the "snares of the devil."
Who is St. Michael?
This is known as the Catholic Church's legal system.
HINT: Magisterial, not Divine.
The Partridge in the Pear Tree refers to this member of the Trinity.