CATHOLIC TERMINOLOGY
CATHOLIC LEGIONS
POPE LEO 14TH
SAINTS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FOODS
CATHOLIC CULTURE IN POP MEDIA
200

THIS LATIN PHRASE, MEANING “IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST,” REFERS TO THE PRIEST ACTING AS CHRIST HIMSELF IN THE SACRAMENTS.

WHAT IS "IN PERSONA CHRISTI"?

200

A GLOBAL CATHOLIC FRATERNAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1882 IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, BY BLESSED FATHER MICHAEL J. MCGIVNEY.

WHAT IS THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS?

200

POPE LEO XVI HAS DUAL CITIZENSHIP, ONE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE OTHER FROM THIS COASTAL DESERT REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA. 

WHAT IS PERU?

200

KNOWN AS THE PATRON SAINT OF COOKS AND COMEDIANS, THIS IS THE SAINT YOU'D WANT TO INVITE OVER FOR A GOOD BBQ, AS HE JOKED WITH HIS EXECUTIONERS TO “TURN ME OVER, I’M DONE ON THIS SIDE” WHILE BEING ROASTED.

WHO IS ST. LAWRENCE?

200

THIS CLASSIC MUSICAL, FEATURING NUNS AND THE TRAPP FAMILY SINGERS, INCLUDES THE SONG “CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN.”

WHAT IS "THE SOUND OF MUSIC"?

400

DEFINED AT THE FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL IN 1870, THIS DOCTRINE TEACHES THAT THE POPE IS PRESERVED FROM ERROR WHEN PROCLAIMING DOGMA ON FAITH OR MORALS.

WHAT IS PAPAL INFALLIBILITY?

400

THIS CATHOLIC INSTITUTION—WHOSE LATIN NAME MEANS “WORK OF GOD”—WAS FOUNDED IN SPAIN IN 1928 BY JOSEMARÍA ESCRIVÁ AND LATER ESTABLISHED AS THE CHURCH’S FIRST PERSONAL PRELATURE BY POPE JOHN PAUL II IN 1982.

WHAT IS OPUS DEI?

400

THE HOLY FATHER GRADUATED FROM VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1977 WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN THIS COMMON SUBJECT.  

WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?

400

SHAPED LIKE A SHEPHERD’S STAFF, THE CANDY CANE WOULD ACCOMPANY THIS SAINT WELL.

WHO IS ST. NICHOLAS?

400

THIS 1944 BING CROSBY FILM, WHERE HE PLAYS FATHER CHUCK O’MALLEY, WON THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE.

WHAT IS "GOING MY WAY"?

600

THIS GREEK WORD, MEANING “TO MAKE COMMON,” IS USED IN THE CHURCH TO DESCRIBE THE DISTRIBUTION OF BOTH THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST.

WHAT IS COMMUNION?

600

OFTEN CALLED THE "MILITARY ARM OF THE CHURCH" IN HISTORY BOOKS, THIS MEDIEVAL ORDER DEFENDED CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS IN THE HOLY LAND AND INSPIRED LATER CATHOLIC LEGIONS.

WHO ARE THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR?

600

POPE LEO'S FAVORITE SPORT?

WHAT IS TENNIS?

600

THIS PATRON SAINT OF FISHERMEN AND SAILORS IS OFTEN HONORED WITH FISH DISHES ON HIS FEAST DAY, OCTOBER 6. HE ALSO STARTED THE ORDER OF CARTHUSIANS IN 1084.

WHO IS ST. BRUNO?

600

IN THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, C.S. LEWIS MODELED THIS LION AFTER CHRIST.

WHO IS ASLAN?

800

FROM A GREEK WORD MEANING “TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS,” THIS TERM REFERS TO THE FOUR BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT TELL THE LIFE OF JESUS.

WHAT ARE THE GOSPELS?

800

A MARIAN LEGION, WHICH IS A WORLDWIDE LAY APOSTOLATE ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON PARISH-BASED SPIRITUAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

WHAT IS THE LEGION OF MARY?

800

THE POPE'S HOME TOWN.

WHAT IS DOLTON, IL?

800

THE FEAST OF THIS SAINT IS OFTEN CELEBRATED WITH ELABORATE FOOD ALTARS, ESPECIALLY IN ITALIAN AND SICILIAN TRADITION.

WHO IS ST. JOSEPH?

800

THIS OSCAR-WINNING 1986 FILM FOLLOWS JESUIT MISSIONARIES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND FEATURES THE FAMOUS “GABRIEL’S OBOE” THEME.

WHAT IS "THE MISSION"?

1000

THIS TERM, FROM THE LATIN “DEPOSITUM FIDEI,” REFERS TO THE ENTIRETY OF DIVINE REVELATION HANDED DOWN THROUGH SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION.

WHAT IS THE DEPOSIT OF FAITH?

1000

A ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERICAL RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION OF PRIESTS AND SEMINARIANS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN FORMING CHRISTIAN LEADERS AND EVANGELIZING SOCIETY.

WHAT IS THE LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST?

1000

ROBERT FRANCIS PREVOST IS THE YOUNGEST OF THIS MANY BOYS IN HIS FAMILY.

WHAT IS THREE?

1000

KNOWN AS THE "DEVIL'S DRINK," COFFEE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THIS 12TH CENTURY SAINT WHO IS ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING THE PATRON SAINT OF THOSE THAT ARE CONSIDERED "UNATTRACTIVE." 

WHO IS ST. DROGO?

1000

THIS POPULAR NETFLIX SERIES (2016–2020) DEPICTS POPE PIUS XIII, A FICTIONAL PONTIFF KNOWN FOR HIS YOUTH AND UNCONVENTIONAL STYLE.

WHAT IS "THE YOUNG POPE"?