Readers,
While I bask in the June sun (with SPF 60 thickly slathered on my skin) why don't you take the quiz?

1. Church in Hawaii

On July 1 Father Marvin Samiano will take over what diocesan position? Hint: The job is described by the Catholic Dictionary as “the chief judge and head of the tribunal of a diocese.”

a) vicar general

b) vicar forance

c) vicar of Christ

d) judicial vicar

2. Church Trivia

What institute of higher learning is the U.S.’s oldest diocesan university?

a) Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.

b) University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.

c) Gannon University in Erie, Pa.

d) Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa

3. Current Events

The USCCB and the Vatican recently gave the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., a new designation, a first for a U.S. church dedicated to St. Paul. What is the church now being called in reference to its being a pilgrimage site where people can come “for a particular pious reason” (in this case to honor St. Paul)?

a) a basilica

b) a sanctuary

c) a shrine

d) a grotto

4. Hawaii’s Beatified

Mother Marianne Cope’s feast day is her birthdate, Jan. 23. Do you know where she was born?

a) Syracuse, N.Y.

b) Honolulu, Hawaii

c) Heppenhiem, German grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt

d) Naples, Italy

5. Picture

This image of Jesus depicts him with what title emphasizing the love of Christ for humans?

a) the Divine Mercy

b) the Sacred Heart of Jesus

c) the Good Shepherd

d) Christ in Majesty

6. Saints

June 29 is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Why might the two men have found their shared feast day ironic?

a) The two were known to have some major disagreements.

b) They never met one another in person.

c) June 29 is the date they tried to dedicate a Jerusalem church that accidentally burned down.

d) They didn’t want to be saints.

7. Devotions

The Angelus prayer begins with the word, “The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit,” and includes the praying of the Hail Mary how many times?

a) one

b) ten

c) two

d) three

8. Scripture

The First Reading for June 28 starts: “God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being.” From what book of the bible does the reading come?

a) Genesis

b) Wisdom

c) Revelation

d) Leviticus

9. Current Events

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops had their spring meeting in San Antonio, Texas, from June 17-19. Among their decisions, the bishops approved a Mass in Thanksgiving for what? The USCCB first approved of this Mass in 1992 but it never received Vatican confirmation.

a) in Thanksgiving for Patriotism

b) in Thanksgiving for Married Couples

c) in Thanksgiving for Creation

d) in Thanksgiving for the Gift of Human Life