Smells and Bells
a tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks of Advent with a candle for each Sunday
What is a wreath?
Easter
What is the first day of the Easter season?
purple
What color symbolizes Advent and Lent?
A time that helps us to repent and live more closely to the Gospel during a 40-day season.
What is Lent?
Immaculate Conception
December 8 - a day we recognize that Mary was conceived without original sin or its stain
"Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return"
What is something you hear when you are receiving ashes?
Ash Wednesday
What is the first day of lent?
green
What color symbolizes Ordinary Time?
what it's all about, the high point of the liturgical year. Lasts 50 days.
What is Easter?
Visitation
May 31 - the day Mary visits her cousin, Elizabeth
What is Palm Sunday?
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday
What are the three days that make up the Triduum?
red
What color symbolizes the Triduum and Feast Days of Martyrs?
an "ordered" time that continues the rhythm of the year.
What is Ordinary time?
Assumption
August 15 - a day we celebrate that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven
This service begins outside around a fire as we remember the history of our faith
What is the Easter Vigil?
Baptism of the Lord
What is the last day of the Christmas season?
rose
What is the color used for the third Sunday of Advent and Fourth Sunday in Lent?
begins the Church year with a time of solemn, quiet reflection and preparation.
What is Advent?
Annunciation
March 25 - celebrates Mary's "yes" to becoming the mother of the Lord (9 months before Christmas!)
a group of people that decorate Holy Infant to reflect the season
Who are the Arts and Environment committee?
Pentecost
What is the last day of the Easter season?
white
What color symbolizes Christmas and Easter?
the “Great Three Days” in the Church consisting of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday
What is the Triduum?
Feast of the Holy Family
December 30 - Celebrates Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph