Popes
The only pope born in Poland
Who is John Paul II?
This Catholic high school in the Sunset District is named after a founding Spanish Jesuit
What is St. Ignatius?
This Spanish translation of the name Dominic also means "Sunday"
What is Domingo?
This color, which symbolizes repentance and penance, is used on vestments during Advent and Lent
What is violet / purple?
John the Baptist
baptized Jesus here
What is the River Jordan?
Mary's cousin, and John the Baptist's mother
Who is Elizabeth?
The most recent German pope
Who is Benedict XVI?
Whoopi Goldberg descended on St Paul's Church in Noe Valley to film this 1992 movie about a lounge singer who enters a convent for witness protection
What is Sister Act?
Matthew 6:33: Jesus says, "Seek ye first" this
What is the Kingdom of God?
It's not a holy day of obligation, but millions of Catholics get their foreheads darkened on this first day of Lent
What is Ash Wednesday?
Moses successfully escaped Pharoah's army by parting this
What is the Red Sea?
Mary's mother, and Joachim's wife
Who is Ann?
The only pope born in the Americas
Francis
Before he won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, Bill Russell walked onto the basketball team at this hilltop Jesuit university
What is the University of San Francisco?
The Catechism defines this as the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act
What is freedom?
This solemn weekday is the only day of the calendar year with no masses offered by the Church
What is Good Friday?
Jesus walked on water, and calmed a storm, on this
What is the Sea of Galilee?
The younger brother of Cain and Abel
Who is Seth?
This pope called for the Second Vatican Council in 1959
You can still hear Mass said in Italian at a Salesian-run parish in North Beach, named for these two apostles
Who are saints Peter and Paul?
This restaurant chain was founded by Tom Monaghan, a devout Catholic whose innovations included delivery and a stackable, insulated cardboard box
What is Domino's Pizza?
This liturgical season lasts 50 days, ending on Pentecost
What is Easter(tide) / Paschaltide?
This river runs through Rome, and down the hill from the Vatican
What is the Tiber?
Solomon's father, and Bathsheba's husband
Who is David?
This pope earned the epithet "the Great" by convincing Attila the Hun not to attack Rome and by making theological advances in Christology
Who is Leo I / Leo the Great?
Dominican novices from around the western states train at a priory in Oakland named for this Doctor of the Church and mentor of Thomas Aquinas
Who is St. Albert the Great?
This Old Testament book, which is omitted from the Jewish and Protestant canons, was written in Greek to a community of Alexandrian Jews
What is the Book of Wisdom (of Solomon)?
The liturgical year ends on this royal feast, which is followed by Advent
What is Christ the King?
The Council of Chalcedon was held in 451 AD near Constantinople on this strategic strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
What is the Bosphorus?
Jacob's second wife, and younger sister of his first wife Leah
Who is Rachel?