Life
St. John Paul II full name
Karol Józef Wojtyła
Give the date JPII was elected Pope
16 October 1978
The date and place Father Buela met JPII for the first time
Plaza San Pedro on January 28th 1981
73 years old
Where St. John Paul II was born
May 18 1920
Wadowice, Second Polish Republic
How many World Youth Days did JPII celebrate during his pontificate?
The 19 WYDs celebrated during his pontificate brought together millions of young people from all over the world.
List the times JPII is cited in our constitutions and directory.
about 1,100
The amount of countries JPII visited
129 countries
Name where JPII baptized, and the age he received first Holy Communion and Confirmation
JPII was baptized on June 20, 1920 in the parish church of Wadowice by Fr. Franciszek Zak and made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18.
St. John Paul II was the first non Italian pope elected in ________ years. And the _________ from a Slavic country.
455, first
In the spirit of ________, JP2 suggests to follow, for Marian Slavery, since it is the best means of participating ____ and ______
#83
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, fruitfully, effectively
The average page number JPII wrote on in a year
He averaged more than 3,000 pages a year during his pontificate alone.
Name when and where JPII was appointed auxiliary bishop
On 4 July 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła auxiliary bishop of Krakow. Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak ordained him in Wawel Cathedral (Krakow) on 28 September 1958.
This major event occurred on May 3, 1981
An attempt was made on Pope John Paul II's life in Saint Peter's Square. Saved by the maternal hand of the Mother of God, following a lengthy stay in the hospital, he forgave the attempted assassin and, aware of having received a great gift, intensified his pastoral commitments with heroic generosity.
What number of our constitutions is the following quote in
Becoming man is “the first and fundamental mystery of Jesus,” and “God had never been so close to man – and man had never been so close to God – as in that precise moment: in the instant of the mystery of the Incarnation!”
40
The number of beatifications did JPII celebrated
Pope John Paul II celebrated 147 beatifications, during which he proclaimed 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints.
JPII was beatified in ___ on___ (by who and where)
John Paul II was beatified in Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
List the number of assemblies JPII organized for the Synod of Bishops
He organized 15 Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops - six Ordinary General Assemblies (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2001), one Extraordinary General Assembly (1985) and eight Special Assemblies (1980,1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).
The title of the homily St. John Paul II gave when he visited Our Lady of Lujan on June 11, 1982
“Discovering the mystery of God’s love”
- The cross of Christ on Calvary
- Adopted sons
It is thus that, when we embrace Christ’s cross with our gaze the words addressed to Mary from the height of that cross assume for us even greater significance: “‘Woman, behold, your son!”‘ (Jn 19:26). And to John: “‘Behold, your mother!”‘ (Jn 19:27). These words are a kind of will of our Redeemer. He who with his cross fulfilled the eternal plan of God’s love, who with the cross restores the dignity of the adopted sons of God, the same one entrusts us, at the moment of completing his sacrifice, to his own Mother as children. In fact, we maintain that the phrase “behold your son” refers not only to the one disciple who remained near the cross of his Master, but also to all men.
List the 10 golden roses that JP2 gave to Marian churches/shrines.
1. Black Madonna of Częstochowa,
2. Knock Shrine
3.Basilica of Our Lady of Luján
4.Basilica of Assumption of Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad
5.Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
6.Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Evangelization
7.Holy House of Loreto
8.Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
9.Saint Joseph's Oratory
10.Sameiro Sanctuary