Readers,
Ever had a Catholic-related question that’s puzzled you? Send your queries to aweaver@rcchawaii.org and we’ll try and answer it in a future quiz. In the meantime, summer makes me feel so light and happy that I’ve included several saint-related questions to keep up that heavenly feeling. My Aloha shirt helps too.

1. Church Trivia

The word breviary comes from the Latin word brevis, meaning short. What is a breviary?

• a) name for a shortened Mass with minimal singing
• b) the book containing the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) used by clergy
• c) a nickname given to a an unusually brief papal term
• d) a small chalice

2. Vatican II

What Mass time was established after the Second Vatican Council?

• a) Sunday evening
• b) Sunday noon
• c) Saturday vigil
• d) weekday Mass

3. Church in Hawaii

Honolulu’s Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa originally was to be named after a saint with a widespread devotion in the Philippines. But instead, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus became the church’s patron when it was dedicated in 1931 due to her rising popularity at the time. Can you name the saint the church was almost named after?

• a) St. Vincent Ferrer
• b) St. Lorenzo Ruiz
• c) St. Rose of Lima
• d) St. Roch

4. World Religions

What belief system did Lao Tzu found more than 2,500 years ago?

• a) Confucianism
• b) Taoism/Daoism
• c) Buddhism
• d) Shinto

5. Picture

Pope Benedict XVI declared that the Year for Priests will begin on June 19, which is the 150th anniversary of the death of which saint pictured above? Hint: he is the patron saint of parish priests.

• a) St. Clement Mary Hofbauer
• b) St. John of the Cross
• c) St. Arcangelo Tadini
• d) St. John Vianney

6. Religious Orders

The Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross are a religious order of priests with a distinctive red and white crusader cross on their habits. What is the common name for these priests?

• a) Norbertines
• b) Augustinian Canons
• c) Crosiers
• d) Gilbertines

7. Current Events

If Judge Sonya Sotomayor, who is President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, wins Senate approval, how many of the nine U.S justices will have Catholic backgrounds?

• a) four
• b) five
• c) two
• d) six

8. Church Trivia

Besides being the grandson of America’s first native-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, what personal distinction did Archbishop Robert Seton have?

• a) He was the first American priest to be named a monsignor
• b) Seton was the first married Episcopal priest to convert to Catholicism.
• c) He was a priest for 80 years.
• d) He wrote “Amazing Grace.”

9. Sacraments

With Confirmation season now going on, can you name the type of holy oil used to anoint confirmandi?

• a) Oil of Sick
• b) Sacred Chrism
• c) Oil of Catechumens
• d) Oil of the Font