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Our Lady of Good Hope Church

Knights of the

in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary Personal Interview & Examination in the Catholic Faith

Which two basic principals are at the The practice of people of different cultures center of Catholic social teaching? expressing their Catholic faith in a variety of ways using music, art, language and A) rationalism and ecumenism celebration is: B) the good and the dignity of the human person A) a means by which people experience C) accepting current cultural practices and in their own place and way of life obeying authority B) discouraged by the church which requires D) personal growth and economic prosperity that we all worship in exactly the same way C) only acceptable if the gives special What is necessary for full initiation into permission or dispensation the Church? D) substituting ways of expressing faith apart from those of the and early Church A) regular attendance at and support of practices that people do not like the Church B) dying and going to heaven In the Old Testament, the promise of love C) registration and involvement in a and partnership that God made with Moses D) , and and his people is called:

A) prayer What are ? B) community C) prophecy A) Sacramentals give the grace of the Holy D) covenant Spirit in the same way that celebration of the does B) Sacramentals are special prayers the priest According to the of the Catholic says to administer the sacraments Faith, what is the “ of ?” C) Sacramentals are objects, actions and blessings that help us grow in holiness A) the union of believers, living and dead, who D) Sacramentals celebrate the feasts of a form one body in Christ particular culture B) those who have gone before us and are in heaven C) those Catholics who receive Communion at As Catholics, we hold Mary in special honor Mass because she: D) those the church has canonized as saints

A) encouraged to perform his first miracle What is the catechumenate? B) was the wife of St. Joseph C) is the Mother of God A) the process of initiating people into the D) served the poor Church B) the process by which saints are chosen C) the process of priestly formation D) the process of blessing children What is the color of the liturgical season of Jesus Christ came to offer to: “ time?” A) only good people A) red B) only those who are baptized B) white C) just Roman Catholics C) purple D) all people of the world D) green

The most important act of worship of the According to Catholic teaching, when does Catholic community is the: life begin? A) Rite of Reconciliation A) at birth B) Covenant B) at the time of the first trimester C) C) at conception D) Mass D) at the time when the child can survive outside of the womb The Paschal Mystery refers to:

What do we mean when we say the A) what happens after death is three persons in one God? B) the three persons in one God C) Jesus’ birth, baptism and temptation in A) each person is a different God the desert B) Father, Son and Holy Spirit represent three D) Jesus’ suffering, death, resurrection and ascension C) Each person of the Trinity is really and fully God D) The Father is more important than the Son What are Catholics obliged to do at least and the Holy Spirit once a year?

A) receive Holy Communion in the Easter Why do we belong to a parish community? season B) support the Church A) church membership guarantees us a place C) visit the sick with God in Heaven D) participate in a Seder meal B) church membership is inherited from our family and stays with us for life C) church membership gives us permission to What event in Jesus Christ’s life confirms use church and parish facilities for all that he taught about himself and the personal use kingdom of God? D) church membership gives us an opportunity to worship God in community A) Transfiguration and serve others B) Resurrection C) Crucifixion D) Incarnation What do we call the Church’s office which teaches on matters of faith and morals? To care for the world and all that is in it A) Hierarchy means: B) C) A) using it any way we want to D) Parish Council B) respecting and protecting it C) buying as much as possible D) enjoying it without being concerned about it When we speak of following one’s Which is the most recently held conscience, “conscience” means: of the ? A) a person’s feeling of guilt B) the Ten Commandments A) Vatican II C) the opposite of unconscious B) D) a person’s ability to judge what is right and C) United States Catholic Conference of what is wrong D)

Which doctrine refers to the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist? What does “catholic” mean?

A) A) saintly B) Transfiguration B) Roman C) Lay Investiture C) Primary D) Incarnation D) Universal

Who has the highest teaching authority in What do we call beliefs and practices in the the Church? Church that are passed down from one generation to the next under the guidance A) religion teachers of the Holy Spirit? B) pastors and other priests C) the pope united with the bishops A) ritual D) experts in theology B) sacraments C) Tradition D) Roman The movement toward unity among Christians and Christian churches is called: According to the Catholic Church, what are A) preaching foundations for living the moral life? B) conversion C) redemption A) following the laws of your country D) ecumenism B) that which we learn from parables and proverbs C) that which a majority of the people in a Who is the from the 1200’s whose given society have determined as morally scholastic work Summa Theologiae good organized and clarified thinking on many D) the moral law, God’s grace and the voice of religious topics? a well-formed conscience

A) Bonaventure B) Who has the responsibility to be actively C) Theresa of Avila involved in the life of the parish? D) A) primarily the pastor and staff B) all members by virtue of their baptism What is the summary of the essential C) parish members educated in church beliefs of our faith? teachings D) only adult members of the parish A) the community B) the Nicene C) D) acts of faith, hope and love When receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit, What is the ? which of the following “gifts” can we expect to receive? A) The school calendar and the schedule for most parish religious education programs A) sinlessness and wealth B) Celebration of the mysteries of Jesus B) liberation and acceptance Christ’s life throughout the year C) wisdom and courage C) The period from to Easter D) and earthly security D) A special year of prayer

The were written: Which best describes the purpose of a ? A) some years after the Resurrection in the context of a community of faith A) to protect the faithful from evil B) in the third and fourth centuries by later B) to help us grow in faith and holiness believers C) to help us realize our wishes and dreams C) as eye-witness accounts by reporters D) to substitute for sacraments in the D) while Jesus was alive absence of a priest

Who was responsible for ending the What does it mean that the Bible is the persecution of Christians? inspired word of God? A) Nero A) reading the Bible inspires us to lead holy B) Diocletian lives C) Constantine B) the authors were people of faith whose D) writing was guided by the Holy Spirit C) the Bible provides historically accurate On the Feast of the Immaculate accounts of the actions of God’s people Conception, the Church celebrates: D) every word of the Bible was dictated by God to human authors who acted as A) the birth of Jesus Christ scribes B) Mary’s virginity C) Jesus Christ’s freedom from all sin D) Mary’s freedom from What is a virtue?

A) doing a good deed What does true freedom mean? B) doing what comes naturally to us C) an Church law A) refusing to praise or blame other’s actions D) a habit or pattern of doing good B) deciding for one’s self what is good and evil C) having my way in all situations of life D) choosing what is good and just When did the formation of the occur? Why does the Church canonize people as A) during the saints? B) before the time of Jesus C) during the Apostolic Age A) to acknowledge that only a few people are D) during the holy B) to indicate that these are the holy people in Heaven C) to list the names of people who have never sinned D) to recognize personal holiness and provide role models for others What does the story of Adam and Eve teach What is the type of prayer in which people us about the human condition? pray for others?

A) we have the capacity to sin A) adoration B) we are fundamentally evil B) meditation C) we are saved through Jesus Christ C) thanksgiving D) we are punished by God for our mistakes D) intercession

Which of the following means Which is necessary for a Church “thanksgiving?” ?

A) blessing A) at the time of the , one party B) eucharist lacked the capacity to enter a sacramental C) benediction union D) contemplation B) the couple no longer loves one another C) one member of the couple has been The four writers are called the: unfaithful D) the marriage has broken down and there is A) evangelists no possibility of restoring the marriage B) disciples C) prophets D) apostles What are the two days a year that adult Catholics are required to fast? What does a “preferential option for the poor” mean in terms of collective decision- A) Holy Thursday and Good Friday making? B) Ash Wednesday and Good Friday C) Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday A) it provides the option of including the poor D) The Feasts of the Assumption and the or not B) it provides jobs for the poor with preference for employment C) it gives careful consideration to the impact Pope John XXIII called for a world wide of decisions on the poor council (Vatican II) in order to: D) it supports the idea that charitable organizations should try to take care of the A) determine the number of Catholics needs of the poor throughout the world B) solve the problem of racial discrimination Which Church council clarified the most C) clarify the meaning of essential beliefs of the faith and produced a D) foster renewal in the Church and of the creed which is used at Sunday Mass? Church’s mission

A) B) Council of Ephasus A free gift of God’s own life which gives us C) Council of Jerusalem peace and strength is called: D) Council of Nicea A) grace B) Catholics believe that a is: C) sacramental D) A) a prayer in honor of Mary B) a prayer in honor of the saints C) any prayer widely used in the Church D) entrusted to the Church by Jesus Christ for healing and sanctification Which of the following, together with Which is essential for growing in one’s Sacred Scripture, comprise the two sources spirituality? of God’s ? A) knowing all the laws of the Church A) nature B) developing a daily practice of prayer B) prophecy C) reading the Catechism of the Catholic C) tradition Church D) virtue D) becoming rich in order to give money to charity

Why does the Church call the faithful to fast? According to Catholic teaching, how is a person’s conscience formed? A) to provide food for the hungry B) to maintain physical well-being A) by listening to and actively seeking out the C) to more responsibly use the earth’s teachings of Jesus Christ and the Church resources B) based on what a person feels is right or D) to remind us of our need to be filled with wrong God C) as an optional criterion for living a moral life D) by trial and error in doing right and wrong