MDP Summer Spiritual Scavenger Hunt
How much do you know about MDP?
Would you like to know more about the spiritual and cultural richness of our parish?
Here’s a way to do that and have some fun at the same time.
Play the MDP Summer Spiritual Scavenger Hunt
Search out the answers to the 52 spiritual, cultural and religious questions related to MDP listed
below and write your answers in the column next to the question. You may use any source you
can find – even the internet and especially long-time members of the parish.
You will earn the point value indicated for each correct answer.
Use the question / answer form below to submit your completed
Summer Spiritual Scavenger Hunt form to:
MDP Parish Office (Attention: Summer Spiritual Scavenger Hunt Judges)
no later than August 15th and you may win one of the following prizes:
1st Place
2 ‘Ride all Night’ wristbands for MDP’s Carnival Wristband Night
2nd Place
$25 Gift Certificate to Petrucci’s Ice Cream at Norview Farms
3rd Place
$15 iTunes Gift Card
Work individually, partner with a friend, or make it a family event. Even if you don’t win, we
guarantee you’ll learn a lot about our parish and have fun doing it. If you need to ask a question,
25 points will be deducted for each call to Deacon Dillon at the parish office at 610-265-4178.
NOTE: The answers to all questions have been meticulously researched. All decisions of
the judges are final (even if they are dead wrong!)
GOOD LUCK
Answers to the following questions may be found in the Church:
Item to Hunt
1. Name the saints or holy men / women depicted by the
statues in the church (3 pts each)
2. Name the titles (2 pts each) for the depictions of the
Blessed Mother found in the stained glass windows in
the transepts of the church and the date each feast is
Answer
Blessed Mother
Mother of Divine Providence
St. Therese
St. Joseph
St. Anthony (w/ Child Jesus)
Infant of Fatima
Infant of Prague
Jesus – Divine Mercy
Jesus - Crucifix
St. Joseph Side
- Queen of the Rosary 10/7
- OL of the Miraculous Medal
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celebrated (5 pts each).
-
OL of the Scapular 7/16
OL of Perpetual Help
OL of Czestochowa 8/26
OL of Victories
Blessed Mother Side
- OL of LaSalette 9/19
- OL of Loreto 12/10
- OL of Fatima 5/13
- OL of Lourdes 2/11
- OL of Guadalupe 12/12
- Immaculate Conception –
Patroness of U.S. 12/8
3. How many images does the church contain of:
St. Joseph
The Blessed Mother
Jesus
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30
35
(Each answer: 25 pts if exact : 15 pts within 2)
4. Match the event depicted on the stained glass window
with the title on the window (5 pts each correct answer)
1. Coronation
2. First Miracle
3. Assumption
4. Nativity
5. Finding in Temple
6. Annunciation
7. Ascension
8. Visitation
9. Crucifixion
10. Pentecost
11. Holy Family
12. Presentation
A. Queen of Martyrs
B. Mother of Our savior
C. Queen of Peace
D. Seat of Wisdom
E. Mother of Christ
F. Mother of Good Counsel
G. Tower of David
H. Spiritual Vessel
I. Enclosed Garden
J. Gate of Heaven
K. Purity
L. Mother of Our Savior
5. How many individuals, families or organizations
contributed to the Silver Anniversary Fund for the
parish? (8 pts)
1. C
2. H
3. D
4. E
5. G
6. K
7. L
8. I
9. A
10. J
11. E
12. B
190
6. You don’t need to be born into a wealthy Philadelphia
family to become a saint…I’m sure that’s not why I was
canonized. Who am I? (5 pts.)
St. Katherine Drexel
7. The number of pews in the nave of the church ( 10 pts)
85.5
8. This “spring” gives new life in Christ (4 pts)
Baptismal Font
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9. The “Light of Christ” contains this many grains of
incense (5 pts)
5
10. To reach the predella you must ascend this number of
steps (4 pts)
4
11. The Original Altar in the church faced which direction?
(3 pts)
Northwest (or West)
12. These symbols are inscribed on the base of the Altar (3
pts each)
Ω ☧ А
13. Before it became the “little sacristy” this area was
known as….. (6 pts)
The Baptistery
14. When entering the church you may bless yourself from
any one of this number of holy water fonts (2 pts.)
5
15. How many images of crosses († ) are located in the
nave of the church (outside of the sanctuary)?
75 pts if answer is within 5 of total
50 pts
within 10
25 pts
within 20
10 pts
within 25
172 on ends of each pew
4 on confessional doors
12 on lights above Confess’l
48 on overhead lights
17 imbedded in stained glass
3 on poor boxes
1 on St. John Neumann’s rosary
5 on Statues
Total 262
16. On the list of church benefactors, which MDP
graduating classes donated church pews? (5 pts each)
1965
1966
1967
1968
1973
17. We honor which two men from our parish who made
the supreme sacrifice of their lives in the Vietnam war?
(6 pts each)
Sgt. Major Lawrence J. Cyr
William A. Blewitt Jr.
18. This inscription, which means “Hail Mary,” may be read
when facing the choir loft. (2 pts)
Ave Maria
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19. Name the symbols that are found in the church’s largest
stained glass window (4 pts each)
Dove resting on pillars
Crown of Gold
Catechism book with rosary and
cross
20. What Latin words are inscribed on the base of this
window? (5 pts) and what is their English translation?
(10 pts)
Ora Pro Nobis
Pray for Us
21. The entrance doors leading from the vestibule to the
nave of the church are etched with what figures and
symbols (1 pt each figure) ( 3 pts each symbol)
St. Katherine Drexel
St. John Neumann
Grapes on a vine
Host raised above a Chalice
Shafts of wheat
22. Which two flags may be found in the Church? (2 pts
each)
Papal flag –Vatican City
United States flag
Answers to the following questions may be found on
the parish grounds
23. This name may be found on the license plate of an
MDP cleric. What is the name (5 pts) and what does it
represent? (5 pts)
SARDI – Msgr. Murray’s dog
24. The statue of this saint stands between the old convent
chapel and the convent’s front door. (10 pts)
St. Francis
25. The statue of this Saint stands vigil, guarding the
rectory patio (8 pts)
St. Joseph
26. I stand in front for the main entry to the rectory reading
a book
Who am I? (20 pts)
What am I holding in my left hand? (10 pts)
What is inscribed on the right page of the book? (15
pts)
The following questions deal with MDP parish
history
27. In the latest available census (2010) the parish had how
many registered parishioners? (25 pts)
St. Fiacre
A Shovel
A Flower
5,495
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28. Name the priests who have lead MDP since its
inception (3 pts each) and the years they served the
parish (7 pts each)
29. The day of the week that the first Mass was celebrated
in our current church was a….?(20 pts)
And the date was…?(15 pts)
30. How many days have elapsed between the date our
parish was created and June 30, 2012? (75 pts.)
31. MDP was blessed with Religious Sisters from which
order when the school first opened? (5 pts).
How many Religious Sisters lived in the convent?
(10pts)
McGrory
McDonough
Gormley
Gaynard
Costa
Furey
Conway
Cioppi
1954-73
1973-81
1981-96
1996-02
2002
2002-04
2004-10
2010- Pres
Monday
December 24, 1962
21,024 (Created 12/8/54)
Gray Nuns of the Sacred Heart
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32. MDP school opened on this date (15 pts) and had an
enrollment of how many students? (20 pts)
October 1, 1956
204 students
33. Where was the first parish Mass celebrated? (18 pts)
Upper Merion Township Bldg.,
Second floor.
34. The first Mass celebrated on parish grounds occurred
on what day and date? (30 pts)
Sunday
May 15, 1955
35. During the years 2008 through 2010 the parish
celebrated how many….
Baptisms…
Marriages…
Funerals…..
(40 pts each)
36. What’s significant about the numbers 333, 403 and 405
(5 pts each)
181
51
164
The numbers of the street address
for the church, convent and school.
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37. MDP is part of a regional Pastoral Planning Area with
which other parishes? (4 pts each)
St. Augustine
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Sacred Heart
SS. Cosmas and Damian
St. Gertrude
St. Mary
St. Matthew
38. Name as many priests as you can who have lived at
the MDP rectory since its founding.
Name 1-5 and earn 1 pt for each
Name 6-10 and earn 5 pts for each above the 1st 5
Name 11-15 and earn 10 pts for each above the 1st 10
Name 16 or more and earn 25 points for each above
the first 15
James McGrory
William McDonough
Charles Gormley
Thomas Gaynard
Anthony Costa
Thomas Furey
John Conway
Martin Cioppi
Joseph Murray
Bill Dickinson
Michael DiIorio
James Cox
Edward DePaoli
Joseph Daly
Joseph Jung
James Sullivan
Frank Giuffre
Frank Marszalek
Lawrence Crehan
Joseph Rymdeika
Joseph Schnorr
Francis Nordsman
Charles Summers
Joseph Monahan
John McGivern
Frederick Schmitt
David Gibson
James Devlin
Richard Bolger
James Hughes
John Gillespie
James Hutchins
39. I was Pope when your parish was founded (3 pts)…
And I was your bishop at that time (2 pts)
Pope Pius XII
Archbishop John Krol
40. I became the founding pastor of the parish on this
date, even though the parish was canonically
constituted 63 days earlier (15 pts)
February 9, 1955
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41. In early 1955 our “first church: was located not in the
building we use today but in the ….. (25 pts)
Oratory in the Homestead
(Rectory)
42. On June 3, 1956 these were the first two organizations
formed in the parish ( 15 pts each)
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
43. When MDP school opened it included children in
grades….. (10 pts)
Grades 1-5
44. Our ‘New’ church was dedicated for use on this date
(25 pts) by this bishop (10 pts)
Saturday July 27, 1963
John Krol
45. On February 20, 1955 I became the 1st child baptized
as a member of MDP. My family still owns a business
on Henderson Road. What is my family name? (50 pts)
(William Kriebel)
46. Some people look at the globes of the lamp that stands
off to my side and think the lamp came from a pawn
shop. My pasture-like setting was commonly known as
this throughout the 1900’s (15 pts)
47. How many handicap parking spaces are available for
church parking? (4 pts)
The following questions deal with Liturgy
48. When the Roman Canon is prayed during Mass, how
many names of holy men and women are invoked?
(20 pts)
The “Apple Orchard”
16 spaces
3 Mary, Jesus, Joseph
39 Saints and martyrs
2 Sitting Pope and Bishop
3 Abel, Abraham, Melchezedek
47 in total
49. There are how many rings of a bell during Mass? (8 pts) 9 times (opening bell and 8 during
Mass)
50. The church calendar celebrates which liturgical seasons Advent (violet / rose)
each year? (12 pts each)
Christmas (white)
Ordinary (green)
What color(s) are associated with each season (3 pts
Lent (purple / rose)
each)
Triduum (red / white)
Easter (white / red)
51. The Roman Catholic Church celebrates which days as
holy days of obligation? (5 pts each)
Christmas 12/25
Solemnity of Mary 1/1
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Give the dates of each holy day (5 pts each)
52. We wait for you to visit, day or night. We hear the
people pass by as we listen for the sound of your
arrival. Come pray with us! Who are we and where will
you find us? (12 pts)
Ascension Thursday varies
Assumption 8/15
Immaculate Conception 12/8
All Saints 11/1
Madonna & Infant Jesus
At the Grotto in the parking lot
BONUS POINTS
250 bonus points will be awarded for submitting the
oldest (must be dated) parish-related holy card with
your answer form.
150 bonus points will be awarded to the first person
who submits a completed answer form (regardless of
the number of correct answers)
75 bonus points will be awarded to the second person
who submits a completed answer form.
And enjoy your summer!
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