Popes and Nuns Quiz

Question 1

What are the three vows that sisters (nuns) take?

Answer 1

Poverty, chastity, and obedience

Question 2

What term means the special philosophy of each order of sisters?

Answer 2

Charism

Question 3

Give some examples of orders of sisters?

Answer 3

Sisters of Mercy, Franciscans, Ursulines, Benedictines, Dominicans

Question 4

How many nuns were there in 1820? 1965? Present day?

Answer 4

270
180,000
fewer than 50,000

Question 5

How did nuns gain admiration during the Civil War?

Answer 5

Worked as nurses

Question 6

What fields did nuns often work in?

Answer 6

Healthcare (built some of the first hospitals) and education

Question 7

What famous clinic did nuns help found?

Answer 7

Mayo Clinic

Question 8

What did Elizabeth Ann Seton do?

Answer 8

Open the first parish school

Question 9

By the 20th century, how many schools and academies did sisters operate?

Answer 9

3800 schools
600 academies

Question 10

What did the Second Vatican Council bring about?

Answer 10

Dramatic change

Question 11

What do nuns traditionally wear? What now?

Answer 11

Long habits and veils
Contemporary clothing

Question 12

What activities are sisters involved in?

Answer 12

Low-income housing projects, caring for nature, caring for orphans and widows, etc.

Question 13

What do sisters share with the world?

Answer 13

The faith

Question 14

Who do sisters serve?

Answer 14

People on the margin

Question 15

How long does consecrated life date back to?

Answer 15

Thousands of years

Question 16

In response to the gospel, what do sisters live together in?

Answer 16

Community

Question 17

What do cloistered sisters do? What about others?

Answer 17

Prayer in solitude
Care for the sick, educate children, and care for widows and orphans

Question 18

Where do sisters traditionally live? What about now?

Answer 18

Convents
Houses or apartments, sometimes together and sometimes alone

Question 19

After the 1960s, what did many sisters begin to focus on?

Answer 19

Pressing social issues

Question 20

Where did sisters go in 1965? Why?

Answer 20

Selma, Alabama
For a famous Civil Rights march

Question 21

Where do newer ministries flow from?

Answer 21

Catholic social teaching

Question 22

What are some examples of jobs that sisters have today?

Answer 22

Marriage/family counselors
Artists
TV/Movie directors
Lawyers

Question 23

All sisters have chosen to live as ______.

Answer 23

Gospel sisters

Question 24

Where is the pope from?

Answer 24

Argentina

Question 25

Where did the pope work before he was the pope?

Answer 25

The slums of Buenos Aires

Question 26

What is one job Pope Francis had before being a priest?

Answer 26

Night club bouncer

Question 27

What did the former street kid say the pope did for him?

Answer 27

Conveyed faith in him, gave him a desire to grow and live a better life (e.g. get off drugs), and made him want to improve the world

Question 28

How many siblings does the pope have?

Answer 28

4

Question 29

What sport did Francis play when he was younger?

Answer 29

Soccer

Question 30

Why did Pope Francis become a priest?

Answer 30

The girl who lived next door to him turned him down when he asked her out

Question 31

What pope resigned?

Answer 31

Pope Benedict

Question 32

What saint is the current pope named after? Why?

Answer 32

St. Francis of Assisi
Represents his humility and dedication to serving the poor

Question 33

What has the pope been criticized for?

Answer 33

Making decisions that he thinks others will like so he’ll be more popular (allegedly)

Question 34

What has the pope criticized others for?

Answer 34

The materialism of clergy members (prioritizing physical possessions over spiritual values, e.g. always buying the newest and best car/phone instead of using the money to help others)

Question 35

How much does the pope’s watch cost?

Answer 35

$10

Question 36

Who is the pope more accepting of than previous popes were?

Answer 36

Homosexual people

Question 37

What has the Church (as an institution) proven itself to be capable of?

Answer 37

Great good and unimaginable evil

Question 38

What did the pope ask forgiveness for (on behalf of the Church/clergy members)?

Answer 38

Child sex abuse carried out by priests and clergy members

Question 39

According to the pope, who is important?

Answer 39

Everyone, both clergy and laity

Question 40

How much time do some people speculate this pope needs to be in office to have a lasting impact?

Answer 40

10-20 years

Question 41

Define papist

Answer 41

An anti-Catholic slur (comes from the word “pope”)

Question 42

Why is New Orleans important?

Answer 42

The location of the first convent in the U.S.