1 st 25 questions are due on December 19, 2012 2 nd 25 questions are due on March 27, 2013 3 rd 25 questions are due on December 18, 2013 4 th 25 questions are due on February 26, 2014 Confirmation 100 Questions 1. What is the weekend Mass schedule at your parish, including Hispanic Mass? 2. List the religious services which are held in your parish during each week and the times they are held. 3. When is the sacrament of reconciliation celebrated communally in your parish? When are there opportunities for the individual celebration of reconciliation? 4. What is required in your parish to qualify as a reader a Mass? 5. What is required in your parish and diocese to qualify as a Eucharistic minister?
6. List at least five organizations in your parish, the person who leads the organization and the work done by each. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. What does RCIA stand for? Who is the coordinator of RCIA? 8. When are RCIA candidates accepted into the church? 9. What was the weekly contribution of the adults in your parish last week? Of the youth? 10. What is the money collected in your parish used for? 11. Where is the tabernacle placed in your parish? Why is it placed where it is? What does the tabernacle hold? 12. How can you come to know Jesus?
13. What is the name of your diocesan newspaper? Name three regular features in the paper. 14. Name three national Catholic newspapers or magazines. 15. What color vestments are worn at Mass? For what kind of feast or season is each color worn? 16. What are the two main parts of the Mass? 1. 2. 17. Put these parts of Mass in order: Penitential Rite Gospel Consecration First Reading Our Father Communion Responsorial Psalm Sign of Peace Holy, Holy, Holy Eucharistic Prayer Offertory Concluding Rite Gospel Acclamation Gloria Homily 18. What are the seasons that make up the liturgical year? 19. When is Advent celebrated? What special prayers and practices are associated with Advent?
20. When is Lent celebrated? What special prayers and practices are associated with Lent? 21. What are holy days of obligation? List them and tell when each is celebrated. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 22. Identify each of these feasts of the church. Tell when each is celebrated and what it commemorates. Annunciation Ascension All Saints Day Immaculate Conception Assumption All Soul s Day Ash Wednesday Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Pentecost
23. What is the distinction between the virgin birth and the Immaculate Conception? 24. Describe each of these roles or positions in the church: Pope Deacon Cardinal Nun Bishop Catechist Priest DRE 25. Describe each of these church structures: Archdiocese Deanery Diocese Parish College of Cardinals Parish Council
2 nd 25 questions are due on March 27, 2013 3 rd 25 questions are due on December 18, 2013 4 th 25 questions are due on February 26, 2014 Confirmation 100 Questions 26. How many dioceses are there in Iowa? Where is the archdiocese located? 27. Give the names of the bishop in your diocese. Where does he live? 28. What are the three theological virtues? 29. What are the four cardinal virtues? 30. What is the original meaning of the word catholic? What must we as a church do to live up to that word? 31. What are the two great commandments that contain the whole law of the God? (See Mark 12: 28-31) 1. 2.
32. Define rosary. 33. Write the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. 34. Write the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. 35. Write the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. 36. Write the Luminous Mysterious of the Rosary. When were the Luminous Mysteries added to the Rosary and by whom? 37. Explain the Catholic devotion called the Stations of the Cross. How many stations are there? 38. Who can administer the Sacrament of Baptism? 39. What conditions must parents fulfill in order to have their child baptized?
40. Who can be a sponsor at a Catholic baptism? Can a Catholic be a sponsor at a non- Catholic baptism? What are the responsibilities of a baptismal sponsor? 41. Give two common names for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 42. Give a step-by-step description of the rite of reconciliation. 43. What is meant by the seal of the confessional? 44. What are the three conditions for receiving Holy Communion worthily? 45. How should a person prepare to receive Holy Communion? What should one do after receiving Communion? 46. Can a Catholic receive communion at a non-catholic service? Can a non-catholic receive communion at a Catholic Mass? 47. What is meant by the theological term transubstantiation?
48. What is required for the worthy reception of confirmation? 1. 2. 3. 49. How is the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick celebrated? When should the Sacrament of Anointing be received? 50. What help does a sick person receive from the Sacrament of Anointing?
3 rd 25 questions are due on December 18, 2013 4 th 25 questions are due on February 26, 2014 Confirmation 100 Questions 51. What is required to receive Holy Orders in the Roman Catholic Church today? 52. What special graces and powers does a priest receive through the sacrament of Holy Orders? 53. Priests in the Roman Catholic Church are required to take a vow of celibacy. What is the purpose of this law? 54. What are the three vows taken by religious men and women? What does each vow mean? 55. How is the Sacrament of Holy Orders administered? 56. What is required to receive the Sacrament of Matrimony worthily? Who administers the Sacrament of Matrimony?
57. Under what conditions might a priest refuse the Sacrament of Matrimony to a couple? 58. Who can be an attendant at a Catholic wedding? Can a Catholic be an attendant at a non-catholic wedding? 59. Does a wedding Mass on Saturday afternoon count as a Sunday Mass? 60. What is the official teaching of the Catholic church concerning birth control? 61. What is the official teaching of the Catholic church regarding premarital sexual intercourse? 62. What is a marriage annulment? Under what conditions does the church grant an annulment? 63. What is the Catholic position on divorce and remarriage? How is divorce different from an annulment?
64. Define: Encyclical Grace Holy Viaticum Paschal Candle Purgatory Vatican Emmanuel Schism Chancery Miter Requiem Nuptial Mass Sacramental Revelation Synod of Bishops Concelebration Canon Law 65. What is an ecumenical council? How many have there been in the history of the church? 66. When was Vatican I held? What are some of the doctrines that came from that council?
67. When and where was the Vatican Council II held? Who attended? What was the purpose? 68. Name five changes that came about in the church as a result of Vatican Council II? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 69. List the last five popes, the years of their papacy, and one significant fact about each. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 70. What is meant by the College of Bishops? What does the word collegiality mean? 71. What is meant by ecumenism and the ecumenical movement?
72. What is meant by the gift of infallibility given to the church? Under what conditions are the teachings of the pope considered infallible? 73. In what three languages were the books of the Bible first written? 74. What is meant by the Septuagint? The Vulgate? 75. Define these biblical terms: Pentateuch Exodus Psalm Pharisee Yahweh Sabbath
4 th 25 questions are due on February 26, 2014 Confirmation 100 Questions 76. Tell when each of these English versions of the Bible was translated, and whether the translation is accepted by Catholics or Protestants or both circle correct answer or answers: King James Catholics Protestants Both New American Catholics Protestants Both Douay/Rheims Catholics Protestants Both Revised Standard Catholics Protestants Both Good News Catholics Protestants Both Jerusalem Catholics Protestants Both 77. Which English translation(s) of the Bible is used in official Catholic liturgies? 78. Name the original twelve apostles. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
79. Where do you find the letters INRI? What do they stand for? 80. List the seven Precepts of the Catholic Church. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 81. What is meant by these terms: Charismatic Movement, the baptism of the Spirit, and the gift of tongues? 82. In St. John s Gospel, who is called the Word of God? 83. What are the three signs of the Sacrament of Confirmation? 1. 2. 3.
84. Identify each of these Old Testament characters: Abraham Rebecca Isaac Judith Jacob Esther Joseph Tobit David Isaiah Solomon Moses Jonathan Jeremiah Esau 85. What colors are the papal flag?
86. Identify each of these New Testament characters: Simon Peter Judas Iscariot Paul Nicodemus Mary Magdalen Herodias John the Beloved The Prodigal Son Bartimaeus Luke Daughter of Jairus Stephen 87. Tell something about these great Christian leaders. Dorothy Day St. Thomas Aquinas Mother Teresa of Calcutta
88. Who are the men in colorful uniforms who have been responsible for the personal safety of the pope since 1506? 89. What was St. Peter s name before Jesus changed it? 90. What apostle replaced Judas? 91. What are short stories Jesus used to teach and reveal religious truths? Which one is your favorite? 92. Who was both the first non-italian pope since 1523 and the first Polish pope? 93. What is the name of the body of laws that govern the Church? 94. What is the vessel called that is used to expose the Sacred Host for adoration? 95. What is the ceremonial hat of a bishop called? What is the staff of a bishop called? What is the cross worn by a bishop or abbot called? Ceremonial Hat of the Bishop Staff of the Bishop Cross worn by Bishop or Abbott
96. What is the title bestowed on a Roman Catholic Church because of its age or importance? 97. Where did Moses die? 98. What does the Ark of the Covenant contain? 99. What prayer containing three Hail Mary s is prayed in honor of the Incarnation? 100. What does Easter Duty mean?