The Sacred Heart of Jesus is depicted in a modern painting by Stephen B. Whatley, an expressionist artist based in London. Wide devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus began after the private revelations of a French nun, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, between 1673 and 1675. A feast was extended to the whole church in 1856 and is marked the Friday following the feast of Corpus Christ. (CNS photo/Stephen B. Whatley)
If you read enough novels that feature Catholic characters, you’re bound to run across a Catholic family described as having an “oleograph of the Sacred Heart” hanging somewhere in their house (usually the kitchen, the dining room or the bedroom). It’s the lazy novelist’s shorthand for a certain kind of kitschy, overheated devotional stance that is supposed to “locate” for the reader the pious sensibilities of the (usually indigent or uneducated) Catholic characters.
Zimbabwe’s broadcasting authorities promise to liberalize national media, but those concessions have not been extended to religious broadcasters at Catholic dioceses.
The cast reassembled for “Friends: The Reunion” (photo credit: HBO Max)
Fact: In 2004, I turned 30 years old. I also quit smoking. I also entered the Society of Jesus. “Friends” also aired its last original episode. Obviously, some of these events had more significance in my life than others. Yet in retrospect, they all combined to mark a seismic shift in my life as I moved from young adulthood to just plain adult.
“Friends,” a show about people in their 20s grappling with the slings and arrows of adulthood in the big city (New York), happened to occur exactly during the entirety of the decade I was in my 20s grappling with the slings and arrows of adulthood in the big city (Chicago). So, this Gen-X’er carried perhaps a bit more nostalgic weight than most on his flannelled shoulders as he approached HBO Max’s “Friends: The Reunion.”
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Tom Kelly: Patriot, prisoner, Jesuit, politician, and the man I simply knew as grandad
For Irish News columnist Tom Kelly, the fateful events of 1921 form the backdrop to a fascinating personal story of the grandfather he is named after. He traces his life from republican patriot, to religious vows, to trade unionist and politician Tom Kelly, who was imprisoned in 1921, went on to be a Labour councillor in Newry 31 May, 2021 01:00
A young Tom Kelly before his arrest in 1921
ON May 3 1921, Northern Ireland was declared a political entity. On May 24 the first elections took place for the new parliament.
In a stunning victory, unionists took all but 12 seats. This was a devastating blow to nationalism in the north.