Formation Quizzes 

Formation Quiz: Memorials and Saints - Holy Church celebrates the saving work of Christ on prescribed days in the course of the year with sacred remembrance. (Photo from wikipedia.org at http://bit.ly/2kGfYUq)

Formation Quiz: Faith, Ordinary Time, and Saints of the Month - “Ordinary Time is Not So Ordinary. It is our standard usual way of living. . . . We put all our spiritual growth and learning from those previous seasons into action." – http://bit.ly/32bRrHB

Formation Quiz: Pentecost and the Eucharist - “Without the Spirit, our Christian life unravels, lacking the love that brings everything together,” Pope Francis said at Mass in St. Peter’s Square June 9. “Without the Spirit, Jesus remains a personage from the past; with the Spirit, he is a person alive in our own time. Without the Spirit, Scripture is a dead letter; with the Spirit it is a word of life,” he continued. “A Christianity without the Spirit is joyless moralism; with the Spirit, it is life.”

Formation Quiz: Mary, Mother of God - “This woman of faith, Mary of Nazareth, the Mother of God, has been given to us as a model in our pilgrimage of faith. From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things. From Mary, we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary, we learn to love Christ, her Son and the Son of God.” -- Pope St. John Paul II, Homily, October 6, 1979, Cathedral of St. Matthew, Washington D.C.

Formation Quiz: The Paschal Mystery of Jesus - comprises his passion, death, resurrection, and glorification, stands at the center of the Christian faith because God’s saving plan was accomplished once for all by the redemptive death of his Son Jesus Christ. From COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2005, ¶112.

Formation Quiz: Lent, Fasting, and Penance - “Dear brothers and sisters, the ‘lenten’ period of forty days spent by the Son of God in the desert of creation had the goal of making it once more that garden of communion with God that it was before original sin (cf. Mk 1:12-13; Is 51:3). May our Lent this year be a journey along that same path, bringing the hope of Christ also to creation, so that it may be 'set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God’ (Rom 8:21). Let us not allow this season of grace to pass in vain! Let us ask God to help us set out on a path of true conversion.” – Pope Francis’ message for Lent 2019. CLICK TITLE FOR QUIZ

Formation Quiz: Holy Family and Marriage - “The Child Jesus with Mary and Joseph are the icon of the family, simple yet illuminating. The light they radiate is the light of mercy and salvation for the whole world…” ~ Pope Francis. Photo: ‘Holy Family Figurine,’ Karen Hahn/Enesco Foundations #CatholicPriestMedia

Formation Quiz: Holy Name of Jesus and Divine Revelation - “The sweet Name of Jesus produces in us holy thoughts, fills the soul with noble sentiments, strengthens virtue, begets good works, and nourishes pure affections.” ~ St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Photo: by Edal Anton Lefterov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity#/media/File:Jesus-Christ-from-Hagia-Sophia.jpg

Formation Quiz: Advent and Incarnation of Christ - “Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.” - Pope Francis. Photo: “How to Use an Advent Wreath” - Aleteia | Shutterstock

Formation Quiz: Beatitude and Last Things/End Times - “In the Beatitudes, we find a portrait of the Master, which we are called to reflect in our daily lives.” ~ Pope Frances writes in Chapter 3 of “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”). Photo: “Sermon on the Mount” by artist Carl Bloch. Public Domain

Formation Quiz: Seven Sorrows of Mary and Holy Rosary - “Mary remains ever the path that leads to Christ. Every encounter with her can only result in an encounter with Christ Himself." ~ St. Paul VI. Photo: ‘Vintage Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Rosary Beads in her hands while Praying’ #CatholicPriestMedia

Formation Quiz: Vice / Virtue and Sacrament of Reconciliation - “Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness.” ~ Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI