Test your knowledge on a variety of faith topics and see how you score!
How much do you really know about our Catholic Faith — our saints, our Scripture, our holiest places and so on?
This summer — maybe on a family road trip or quietly enjoying a day of solitude in the outdoors — try your hand at testing your knowledge with Our Sunday Visitor’s Summer Catholic Trivia Challenge! Maybe pass it along to a friend for a little competition? Or if you get stumped, take on a little research project.
An answer key is provided at the end. Have fun, enjoy and celebrate the richness of our Catholic Faith!
NEW TESTAMENT EPISTLES
1. There are this many letters believed to be written by St. Paul the Apostle:
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2. St. Peter is known to have authored this many New Testament epistles:
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3. He is an apostle but is not considered to be an author of a New Testament letter:
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4. This many of St. Paul’s epistles have as their titles individual persons’ names
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5. This Gospel writer authored three New Testament letters:
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POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II
1. The future Pope John Paul II lost his mother when he was this age:
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2. John Paul II visited this many countries as pope:
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3. This many encyclicals were authored by John Paul II:
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4. John Paul II canonized this many predecessor popes:
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5. John Paul II began World Youth Day and traveled for this many of them:
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RELIGIOUS ORDERS
1. Their motto is, “Peace and good”:
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2. They were founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola:
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3. Their motto is, “Work and pray”:
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4. They were founded by Blessed James Alberione:
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5. This order does not have a charismatic founder, but points to the Old Testament prophet
Elijah as their father:
Elijah as their father:
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MARIAN DEVOTIONS
1. The Brown Scapular is considered to have its origin in an apparition of Our Lady to this
saint:
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2. This is considered the oldest of the following devotional titles of Mary:
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3. The Rosary is considered to have its origin in an apparition of Our Lady to this saint:
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4. The Miraculous Medal originated in this year:
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5. This saint authored “True Devotion to Mary” and encouraged consecration to Jesus
through Mary:
through Mary:
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SAINTS
1. This pope canonized the largest number of saints of any pontificate to date:
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2. This is the most recently canonized saint from the United States:
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3. This name is the most common among the saints on the United States liturgical calendar:
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4. This saint was the most recently canonized who died as a cardinal:
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5. He is considered the popular patron saint of hopeless causes:
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MARIAN APPARITIONS
1. There are no canonized saints affiliated with this Marian apparition:
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2. This country is home to the most formally approved Marian apparitions:
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3. In this 1846 apparition, Mary shared a message of reconciliation and mercy:
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4. St. John the Apostle was seen alongside Mary in this 1879 apparition:
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5. Our Lady appeared at Pontmain during this war:
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AMERICAN SHRINES
1. This city was the site of the first Marian shrine in a U.S. territory, in the 1600s:
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2. This city on the West Coast of the United States is home to the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother:
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3. The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation is in this state:
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4. The National Shrine of St. John Neumann is located in this city on the East Coast of the United States:
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5. The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows is found in this state:
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THE HOLY EUCHARIST
1. The dogma of the Real Presence was reaffirmed at this ecumenical council:
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2. The word “Eucharist” comes from the Greek word meaning this:
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3. The institution of the holy Eucharist was connected with this Jewish holy time:
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4. Catholics are obliged to receive holy Communion this many times per year:
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5. The hymns most commonly sung at exposition or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament were composed by this saint:
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The 2023 Catholic Summer Trivia Challenge
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