Upcoming Events View All
2
Speaker: Social Media and Teen Mental Health

Tuesday, 04/02/2024 at 6:30 PM

5
6
From the Heart Rummage Sale

Saturday, 04/06/2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

6
St. Mark Book Fair

Saturday, 04/06/2024 at 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

7
Poet Laureates Alive: Smith, Harjo, and Limon with Noeli Lytton

Sunday, 04/07/2024 at 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

7
Divine Mercy Sunday

Sunday, 04/07/2024 at 2:00 PM

9
Eco-Series Film for April: River Blue

Tuesday, 04/09/2024 at 6:30 PM

10
Where Art Serves the World

Wednesday, 04/10/2024 at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

10
Made for More Speaker Series

Wednesday, 04/10/2024 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

12
Quarter Auction

Friday, 04/12/2024 at 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Louis Rolwes and Anthony Jones from Priory high school advanced to the finals of the Catholic trivia contest at Covenant Network. Jones was the winner of the competition after answering every question in the finals correctly.
Louis Rolwes and Anthony Jones from Priory high school advanced to the finals of the Catholic trivia contest at Covenant Network. Jones was the winner of the competition after answering every question in the finals correctly.
Photo Credit: Lisa Johnston

Catholic March Match Up quizzes students’ Catholic knowledge

Covenant Network hosts first competition for high school students

How many times did the rooster crow before Peter denied Jesus?

Jenny Niehaus from St. Joseph Academy High School reacted after correctly answering “transubstantiation” to a question on the Eucharist. Niehaus and other students were compin the first round of Catholic trivia at Covenant Network.
Photo Credits: Lisa Johnston
Who was the son of Abraham and Sarah?

Those questions certainly did not stump high school students who participated in the first Catholic High School March Match Up, hosted on Covenant Network Catholic Radio in early March. The quiz game drew upon questions on theology, the saints, the Ten Commandments and Scripture, among other areas.

Students from eight Catholic schools — Bishop DuBourg, St. John Vianney, St. Louis Priory, St. Joseph’s Academy, Gibault Catholic in Waterloo, Ill., St. Dominic, John Paul II Preparatory and Cor Jesu Academy — participated in two days of preliminary rounds, which were prerecorded.

Six finalists competed in a live broadcast March 8. It was a close match, but Anthony Jones of St. Louis Priory School was declared the victor. The senior correctly answered all 22 questions in the

Madeline Stewart from St. Dominic High School waited with anticipation to see if her answer was correct during the first round of Catholic trivia at Covenant Network.
Photo Credits: Lisa Johnston
finals. He edged out Louis Rolwes, also a Priory senior, in correctly answering this one: “Who was a friend of St. Thomas Aquinas?” (Of the choices given, the correct answer was St. Louis of France.)

Volunteer Felicity Buckley had approached the station about hosting a quiz competition for teens. Covenant Network already has CataQuiz, a Catholic catechesis quiz-style program, hosted by Deacon Jim Sigillito on Thursdays at 3:30 p.m.

“I said this would be a good way to get kids and schools involved and introduce them to Catholic radio,” she said. “This has even helped continue to educate me on the faith.”

A traveling statue of St. Thomas Aquinas — who in his day probably would have crushed any quiz competition — is awarded to the winning school, which also will receive a half-hour of air time on Covenant on a future date. The final competition will be re-aired at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23. (By the way, Peter denied Jesus three times; Isaac was Abraham and Sarah’s son.)

Related Articles Module

From the Archive Module

Catholic March Match Up quizzes students Catholic knowledge 3740

Must Watch Videos

Now Playing

    View More Videos