Advent Peeps
This is the man to whom The Blessed Virgin Mary was pledged too.
Who is Saint Joseph?
The reason we celebrate The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is______________________________________.
What is to honor the belief that Mary was preserved from Original Sin from the first moment of her conception by God's special grace, making her uniquely pure and fit to be the Mother of Jesus, and this date marks the dogma defined in 1854 by Pope Pius IX?
These are the gifts that the wise men (Magi) brought baby Jesus.
What are Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?
True or False: According to the bible there were only 3 wise men (magi).
False: The Bible (specifically Matthew's Gospel) never states there were exactly three wise men (Magi); this is a tradition based on the three gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh) they brought, while the Catholic Church and other traditions acknowledge the number is unknown.
The number of times that the Virgin appeared to Juan Diego.
What is 4 times?
This man was the emperor of Rome during the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1).
Who is Caesar Augustus?
To the delight of children’s hearts, their shoes—which are left out overnight— St. Nick filled it with _______________.
What is chocolate coins or oranges?
Name the prophet who foretold: "A virgin shall conceive and bear a son".
Who is The Prophet Isaiah?
True or False: Veggies were the first ornaments.
False: In the late 17th century, people used fruits like apples, pears, and oranges to decorate Christmas trees. In fact, edible ornaments were so popular that many began to call Christmas trees "sugar trees."
Name the language Our Lady of Guadalupe spook to Juan Diego.
What is Aztec?
This angel visited The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Who is St. Gabriel?
Name the religious order of missionaries that converted Juan Diego to Catholicism.
Who are 12 Franciscan missionaries arrived in Mexico in 1524, he and his wife, Maria Lucia, converted to Catholicism and were among the first to be baptized in the region. Juan Diego was very committed to his new life and would walk long distances to receive religious instruction at the Franciscan mission station at Tlatelolco?
These are the numbers of Sundays in the Advent season.
What are 4 Sundays?
True or False: The use of holly at Christmas reflects the Passion.
True: The holly bush used for wreaths is a thorny bush, which symbolizes the crown of thorns Jesus wore during His Passion. The red berries of the holly represent the drops of His blood.
Name the name Our Lady of Guadalupe used to identify herself when she appeared to Juan.
What is Mother of the true God?
She was the mother of John the Baptist and Mary's cousin.
Who is St. Elizabeth?
Who is St. Loreto?
The Feast of Our Lady of Loreto is December 10th, celebrating the miraculous, angel-transported Holy House where Mary lived; fun facts include her being the Patron Saint of Aviators, the house's journey from Nazareth to Italy, and the shrine's deep papal connection, becoming a major pilgrimage site for miraculous healings and spiritual reflection on the Incarnation and family life.
This man asked the wise men where baby Jesus was...
Who is King Herod the Great?
True or False: Christmas was not an official holiday until June 26, 1870 in America.
True: Christmas was officially made a federal holiday in the United States on June 26, 1870, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill into law, making December 25th a paid national holiday for federal employees and marking a significant shift in the country's cultural acceptance of the holiday.
Our Lady of Guadalupe instruct Juan to tell the Bishop this ______________.
What is "Our Lady of Guadalupe instructed Saint Juan Diego to tell the Bishop to build a church (or shrine) on Tepeyac Hill, so she could show her love, compassion, help, and protection to all people, hearing their sorrows and answering their pleas for aid"?
The name of the old priest who went mute after being told he would have a son.
Who is Zechariah (John the Baptist's Dad)?
St. John of the Cross worked closely with ___________ (which saint) to reform the Carmelite Order.
Who is St. Teresa of Ávila?
This is the real name for Christmas day according to the Catholic Church.
What is The Nativity of Our Lord?
True or False: Russia is the country that Advent calendars originated from.
False: Advent calendars originated in 19th-century Germany, where families marked the days leading to Christmas with chalk marks or candles, with the first printed commercial calendar by Gerhard Lang appearing in the early 1900s, not Russia.
Name the difference between the Virgin Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe
What is The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus, while Our Lady of Guadalupe is a title for an apparition of the Virgin Mary in Mexico?