Test your knowledge of the Catholic faith and learn something along the way! Fr. Daniel Whelan, known as  Padre Dan to some, will challenge you with 5 questions each month. Send us your answers in the comment area below this entry and you may be the winner!

This month’s winner will receive Goodness Reigns merchandise and the book titled “The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Film Making!” by authors Chris Jones, Andrew Zinnes and Genevieve Jolliffe.

Deadline to respond is August 15. We’ll post the winner’s responses in mid August.  Good luck!  (Questions? Email suzanne@goodnessreigns.com.)

1. Where will the closing Mass be for the 2011 World Youth Day event?

2. Which of Spain’s special devotions will be part of 2011 WYD and will bring together sacred sculptures, including The Last Supper by Francisco Salzillo?

3.  Whose Feast Day does the Church celebrate in July in honor of a young, pious girl who was martyred for the sake of purity and chastity?  What day do we celebrate this feast?

4.  What happened to the young saint’s killer?

5.  On Friday, July 16, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.  In honor of our Lady, many Catholics wear the Brown Scapular.  An acquaintance of yours thinks this is superstitious.  In a few sentences, explain to him what it means for people to wear the scapular.