Truth Pursuit

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TOURNAMENT CATEGORIES—2007

The following are the categories which will be used for our tournament on Super Bowl Saturday. The resources are also listed. All questions will be formulated from the information in the resources. If the students study the resources they should be able to answer most of the questions. The questions may be very specific so study hard. All Bible categories will be based on the Catholic Study Bible (Senior)—NAB version; the corresponding Reading Guide pages are found in the Bible.

1) Gospel of Mark— Bible and reading guide(rg 405-417)

2) Joshua and Judges—Bible and Reading Guide(rg 119-140)

3) Tobit, Judith, Esther, Baruch—Bible and Reading Guide(rg207-219, 322-326)

4) Revelation—Bible and Reading Guide (rg 571-577)

5) Romans & Galatians—Bible and Reading Guide (RG 472-484, 503-508)

6) Eucharist—Catechism (CCC 1322-1419), Bible– look up references found in Catechism

7) Reconciliation and anointing of the sick– Catechism 1420-1532

8) Salt of the Earth—book by Pope Benedict

9) Pope’s writings to youth– Dilecti Amici, WYD 2000 talks by Pope John Paul II

10) Church History– Eusebius translated by paul Maier (pgs. 207-end)

11) Blessed Teresa of Calcutta-Mother Teresa: a complete authorized biography by Kathryn Spink

12) Female Doctors of the Church-The 33 doctors of the Church—Chapters on St. Theresa of Avila, St. Theresa of Liseux, and St. Catherine of Sienna

13) Papal Biography– Witness to Hope— 1-121, 235-258

14) Consecrated Life—Catechism (914-933), Evangelica Testificatio– on the renewal of religious life

15) Pilgrimage and World Youth Day— WYD website tba, Pilgrimage sites in Australia, Catholic Encyclopedia on pilgrimage— www.newadvent.org/cathen/12085a.htm

16) The Mass—Constitution of Sacred Liturgy, Introduction to the Order of Mass-USCCB

17) Prayer Primer— Fr. Thomas Dubay

18) Mary—Rosary of the Virgin Mary(AL), Apparition Shrines-Fatima, Gaudalupe, Lourdes, appendix(205-236)

19) Morality—Our moral life in Christ (Ch. 12-16) (Fernandez, Socias)

20) Catholic Social Justice— Rerum Novarum, Deus Caritas Est

All resources will be provided to the participating teams and can be ordered online. Documents can be found online, just enter their title into a search engine.