Saints and Their Stories
This saint’s mother was St. Monica.
Who is St. Augustine?
This prophet spent three days in the belly of a great fish.
Who is Jonah?
This pope initiated World Youth Day.
Who is St. John Paul II?
This Maryland city was the seat of the first Catholic diocese in the United States.
What is Baltimore?
The theological virtue described by St. Paul as the greatest.
What is charity (love)?
This saint founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Who is St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)?
This tax collector climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus.
Who is Zacchaeus?
This pope resigned from office in 2013.
Who is Benedict XVI?
The patroness of the Americas.
Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
The traditional number of Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
What is seven?
This Carmelite nun never left her convent yet was later named a Doctor of the Church.
Who is St. Thérèse of Lisieux?
This Old Testament figure wrestled with God and received a new name.
Who is Jacob (Israel)?
This council met from 1962–1965 and produced sixteen major documents.
What is the Second Vatican Council?
The first Catholic bishop in the United States.
Who is John Carroll?
The number of books in the Catholic Old Testament (within 2).
What is 46?
Legend holds that this saint carried the Christ Child across a river, leading to his name meaning “Christ-bearer.”
Who is St. Christopher?
This Old Testament figure was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot.
Who is Elijah?
This pope was affectionately known as “Good Pope John.”
Who is St. John XXIII?
This saint was the first native-born American citizen to be canonized.
Who is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
The three transcendentals commonly identified in Catholic teaching.
What are Truth, Goodness, and Beauty?
This English bishop was martyred after refusing to recognize Henry VIII as head of the Church.
Who is St. John Fisher?
The story of the road to Emmaus appears in this Gospel.
What is the Gospel of Luke?
The Avignon Papacy took place primarily during this century.
What is the 14th century?
The only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Charles Carroll?
The term for the Church’s teaching authority exercised by the pope and bishops in communion with him.
What is the Magisterium?