All About Mary | Making Saints | Patron Saints | Miracles | "Pope" pourri |
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Who is Gabriel?
The angel to whom Mary said "Yes" when he announced to her that she would bear the son of God.
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What is canonized?
The term that describes saints who are officially recognized by the Church.
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Who is St. Anthony?
This revered follower of St. Francis of Assisi
is the Saint we pray to when we lose something. |
What is at least two?
How many miracles need to be attributed to a person for them to become a saint?
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What is 76?
Out of all 265 Popes that the Church has had, only this PATRIOTIC number have been canonized as a Saint.
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Who is St. Elizabeth?
The elderly cousin whom Mary visited during her pregnancy.
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What is blessed?
This is what a person is called before they are canonized as a saint
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Who is St. Jude?
This shepherd, who is the brother of James the Lesser and nephew to Mary and Joseph, is the patron Saint of desperate or hopeless causes.
He is also known for having a children’s hospital named for him. |
What is bilocation?
A talent most people would love to have,
this miracle has allowed Saints to be seen in two places at once. |
Who is Pope Pius X
“X” marks the spot for this Pope Pius who was the most recent Pope to be canonized. This Saint served a little more than a decade, but made quite an impression with his papacy.
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What is the Immaculate Conception?
The doctrine that teaches that Mary was conceived without Original sin.
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Who is Blessed Pope John Paul II?
This person canonized 482 saints and is on the way becoming a saint himself, and will be canonized on April 27, 2014?
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What is unattractive people?
St. Germaine Cousin was born deformed and inflicted with an ugly disease. She was abused and made to sleep in the stable and given tablescraps by her father and stepmother. She received no schooling, but learned to pray the Rosary and did so constantly. F
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Where is Lourdes, France (Our Lady of Lourdes)
St. Bernadette had eighteen visions of Mary. During one Bernadette was instructed to dig a hole and water sprang up from it. Healing properties and miracles were associated with the water, and millions of people still visit this French town to experience
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What is Brazil and Pope Francis?
What country is our current pope from and what is his name?
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What is the Assumption?
The event in which Mary was assumed, body and soul, into heaven?
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What is a miracle?
To have someone recognized as a Blessed, and therefore Beatified, you must have one of these, acquired through the individual's intercession. If the Venerable is a martyr, then he or she may be Beatified, or declared Blessed, by the pope without one.
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Who are air travelers?
This is who St. Joseph of Cupertino became patron saint for, due to his tendency to levitate (rise into the air) when he prayed.
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What is the stigmata?
Padre Pio, a Capuchin Friar and Mystic,
is a Saint who suffered the wounds of Christ, otherwise known as this. |
What is white smoke?
What comes out of the chimney during the papal conclave signifying there was a new election of a pope?
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Who are St. Anne and St. Joachim?
The names of Mary's parents.
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What is Venerable?
This is what someone is called once the Church begins investigating the cause for their sainthood, but before they are beatified (declared blessed)?
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What is television?
St. Clare of Assisi, a follower of St. Francis of Assisi and founder of her own order, The Poor Clares, was too ill to attend Mass one Christmas Eve, but was still able to see the Mass being celebrated in the church while she remained in her cell. For thi
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What is incorruptible?
This type of preserved body remains free from decomposition regardless of manner of burial, temperature, or moisture content. They have been found starting after the death of Christ, and to this day the causes of preservation of these corpses still cannot
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