Jesuits
Founder of the Jesuit Order. Developed the Spiritual Exercises
St. Ignatius of Loyola
The day of the week is most especially associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary (bonus: and why?)
Saturdays
The dogma of transubstantiation
The belief that during the Mass the bread and wine truly become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. The appearance of bread and wine stays the same but the substance becomes Jesus Himself.
The number of books in the Bible
73
From the Alps to the North sea this European country is credited with creating the modern Christmas tree tradition.
Germany
Founder of SCU, then Santa Clara College, and first president. Purpose of SCU: “To cultivate the heart, to form and cherish good habits, to prevent and eradicate evil ones.”
Fr. John Nobili
Name 3 approved apparitions (or associated Marian titles) of Our Lady that have occurred since 1900
Fatima, Kibeho, Akita, Cuapa, Our Lady of Prayer, etc.
1. Immaculate Conception
2. Perpetual Virginity
3. Mother of God (Theotokos)
4. Bodily Assumption into Heaven
Name the deuterocanon
Tobit, Wisdom, 1 & 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Baruch, Judith
The special significance of the pink candle of Advent
Gaudete Sunday, a time to rest and rejoice about Christ's first coming
The right forearm of St. Francis Xavier—revered for baptizing thousands—is enshrined in this Church in Rome closely associated with the Jesuits.
Church of the Gesù
At the age of 16, Saint Alphonsus Liguori took a blood oath to defend this truth about Our Lady
Immaculate Conception
The council where the teaching of papal infallibility was declared
Vatican I
The number of books in the New Testament that are written by St. Paul.
13 (Romans, Ephesians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Colossians, Galatians, Philippians, Philemon, Titus, 1 & 2 Timothy)
14? Hebrews?
The famous Catholic figure who is the original inspiration of “Santa Claus”
St. Nicholas of Myra
The Slave of Slaves. A Spanish-born Jesuit, who became a missionary in the New World. Devoted to a port popular in the Trans-Atlantic Slave, welcome, treat, care for, and minister to the Slaves kidnapped to the New World. Baptized 300,000 souls
St. Peter Claver
According to some exorcists, the Special favor that the Blessed Virgin Mary can work for someone who is possessed during their exorcism.
She can manifest herself invisibly in the room the exorcism is taking place in and immediately drive all the demons away because they’re so terrified of her.
The first 7 ecumenical councils (bonus points if in order).
1. Nicaea I
2. Constantinople I
3. Ephesus
4. Chalcedon
5. Constantinople II
6. Constantinople III
7. Nicaea II
The first gentile convert to Christianity in Scripture.
Cornelius
The Gospel that includes the visit of the Magi
Matthew
Contemporary Blind Astrophysicist. He has a weekly nationwide television program on EWTN. Former President of Gonzaga University. Writes books on the intersection of faith and science, and the book The Moral Wisdom of the Catholic Church: In Defence of Her Controversial Moral Teaching.
Fr. Robert Spitzer
This seventeenth-century spiritual book, written by a Spanish nun and mystic, describes extensive conversations the author claims to have had with Our Lady. These include an extremely detailed account of her earthly life
The Mystical City of God
The difference between spirating and begetting
Begetting describes how the Son comes from the Father > how the Father gives His full divine nature to the Son.
Spirating describes how the Holy Spirit comes from the Father and the Son > how the Father and Son breathe forth the Holy Spirit in an eternal act of love.
Name the year, place, and by who the canon of Scripture was declared.
392, Council of Rome, St. Pope Damasus I
WW1(1914-1918) included a brief truce on Christmas eve where soldiers from both sides (German and British) greeted each other, sang carols,and exchanged gifts. The year of the war where this event took place.
1914