Catholic Trivia

A young Carmelite sister who taught the "little way" to holiness

• Bernadette

• Teresa of Avila

• Claire of Assisi

• Therese of Lisieux

A peasant girl who received visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France.

• Bernadette

• Teresa of Avila

• Claire of Assisi

• Therese of Lisieux

A former Spanish soldier who founded the Jesuit order.

• Ignatius of Loyola

• St. Francis of Assisi

• Augustine

• Thomas More

The founder of the "Order of Preachers"; the person who taught the Church to pray the rosary.

• Benedict

• St. Francis of Assisi

• Augustine

• Dominic

An Old Testament character who is a model of patient suffering. Though all his possessions were taken away and he suffered greatly, he never cursed God.

• Noah

• Job

• Abraham

• Moses

Short sayings that describe truths learned from experience; an Old Testament book full of such sayings.   

• proverbs

• psalms

• paraclete

• patriarch

Book in the Old Testament that contains 150 sacred songs

• proverbs

• psalms

• paraclete

• patriarch

One of the names given to the Holy Spirit in Scriptures. It means that the Spirit has been sent to be our helper and guide

• proverbs

• psalms

• paraclete

• patriarch

A title used for the founding fathers of the Hebrew people; also a title used today in the Eastern Catholic churches for a bishop responsible for a large diocese.

• proverbs

• psalms

• paraclete

• patriarch

A title for Jesus, the beginning and the end of all things. (The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet).

• everlasting

• infinite

• eternal

• Alpha and Omega