Well quiztants, How is Lent going for you? May you find renewal during this season.

1. Lent

On Friday, March 19 this year you won’t have to abstain from meat as you would a typical Friday of Lent. Why?

a) It’s St. Patrick’s Day and bishops have given a special dispensation that day.

b) It coincides with a rotating “eat meat one Friday of Lent” option US Catholics have.

c) March 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph, a solemnity, and canon law states that solemnities falling on the Fridays of Lent are an exception to the abstinence regulation.

d) Just kidding. You can’t eat meat March 19. Stick with the fishsticks.

2. Saint

Because she founded 17 convents following “strict observance” and reformed several others in the 15th century, St. Colette of Corbie (feast day: March 6) is considered the reformer of what women’s religious order?

a) Poor Clares

b) Sulpicians

c) Maryknollers

d) Carmelites

3. Deacons

When referring to someone in formation to become a U.S. deacon, what is the difference between being an aspirant and a candidate?

a) They are two names for the same title during formation.

b) You are a deacon aspirant for the first year and a candidate for at least three years.

c) You are a deacon candidate for the first year and an aspirant for at least three years.

d) A permanent deacon is a candidate during formation and a transitional deacon (headed to priesthood) is an aspirant.

4. Catholic Hawaii

Take a look at Heralding Back to answer this one. At how many different spots has St. Philomena Church been located?

a) one

b) five

c) two

d) three

5. Lent

Why aren’t Sundays included in the days of Lent?

a) Sundays are always celebrations of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, even during the Lenten season.

b) So that people making Lenten self-denial efforts can have a break day.

c) If Sundays were counted, there wouldn’t be a total of 40 days during Lent.

d) Sundays are a part of Lent.

6. Blessed Marianne

Blessed Marianne Cope’s biography, by Franciscan Sister Mary Laurence Hanley and O.A. Bushnell, was republished last year in Hawaii by Mutual Publishing. What is the title of the book?

a) A Steadfast Heart

b) Pilgrimage and Exile

c) Sacrifice and Compassion

d) A Franciscan on Molokai