St. Joseph pray for us

By Catholic Digest on February 23, 2018

Welcome to your quiz about St. Joseph!

St. Patrick is the saint commonly associated with March. However, St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus and husband of Mary, is also remembered this month. Test your knowledge about St. Joseph, who Matthew’s Gospel calls “a righteous man” (1:19).

St. Joseph’s feast day — March 19 — is what type of liturgical day?

feast

memorial

solemnity

optional memorial

None

Regarding the answer to question No. 1, what happens to the fast and abstinence obligation when St. Joseph’s feast day falls on a Friday during Lent?

You don’t have to abstain from meat.

You still have to abstain from meat.

None

St. Joseph has another day on the liturgical calendar. When is it and what is it called?

We all know the custom of wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day. There is also a special color to wear on St. Joseph’s day. What is it?

white

red

brown

green

None

How many dreams of St. Joseph does the Gospel of Matthew recount?

one

two

three

four

None

St. Joseph is invoked as a patron saint for which of the following?

a happy death

buying/selling a house

the universal Church

craftsmen

all of the above

None

St. Joseph has been called the last of Israel’s:

prophets

patriarchs

princes

saints

None

A festive food eaten by Italians on St. Joseph’s day is a special kind of:

pasta

donut

soup

bread

None

The largest church in Canada is Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal. This recently canonized saint founded it:

François de Laval

Marie of the Incarnation

André Bessette

Marguerite Bourgeoys

None

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