Unit 2: Saints

Question 1

What are the three purposes of Saints?

Answer 1

• to motivate people go see beyond their ordinary lives
• to remind us to stay true to our spiritual values
• to remind us of the importance of sacrifice to help others

Question 2

What are the three stages of becoming a Saint?

Answer 2

Veneration, Beatification and Canonization

Question 3

Veneration, beatification and canonization are the three stages of what?

Answer 3

Becoming A Saint

Question 4

What is a Saint?

Answer 4

Saints are people who have lived an extraordinary and holy life. They are living reminders that God’s love can work miracles in us. Saints are often worshipped through holidays like St. Patrick’s Day.

Question 5

Who are people that have lived extraordinary and holy lives?

Answer 5

Saints

Question 6

Who was Mother Teresa?

Answer 6

Mother Teresa was a nun who won the Noble Peace Prize for humanitarian work. She helped the poor, sick, orphaned and dying of Calcutta, India.

Question 7

Who helped the poor, sick, orphaned and dying of Calcutta, India?

Answer 7

Mother Teresa

Question 8

What was Mother Teresa designated as by Pope John Paul II?

Answer 8

Blessed Teresa Of Calcutta

Question 9

Who was Oscar Romero?

Answer 9

Oscar Romero was a Priest, Bishop and Archbishop. He spoke out on behalf of the poor and victims of his country’s civil war.

Question 10

Who spoke out on behalf of the poor and victims of the country’s civil war?

Answer 10

Oscar Romero

Question 11

What title did Pope John Paul II bestorw upon Oscar Romero?

Answer 11

Servant of God

Question 12

What was Oscar Romero commonly known as?

Answer 12

Monseñor Romero

Question 13

What is Veneration?

Answer 13

An honor or title given to a deceased person whose life is being investigated to determine whether they have lived a virtuous (Saintly) life. Begins with a recommendation to the local Bishop who does research to see if the persons name should be forwarded to the Vatican.

Question 14

What step of becoming a Saint involves research being done by a local Bishop to see if the persons name should be forwarded to the Vatican?

Answer 14

Veneration

Question 15

What is Beatification?

Answer 15

The second step of Canonization. It is the recognition by the Church of a dead person’s accession to heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name (intercession of Saints).

Question 16

What step of becoming a Saint involves recognition by the Church of a dead person’s accession to heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name?

Answer 16

Beatification

Question 17

What is Canonization?

Answer 17

Third step or becoming a Saint. It is the actual process of declaring someone as a Saint
It starts many years after one’s death in order to give perspective on the candidate. The candidate’s life is studied to see if they lived in such a way the he/she qualifies for this. If the Pope feels there is enough information to support that the candidate was a “hero” he declares him/her a “Saint”.

Question 18

What step of becoming a Saint involves the Pope seeing if there is enough evidence to declare the person a Saint?

Answer 18

Canonization