Menu

Sacred Heart

Catholic Primary

'Live, Love and Learn Joyfully in the Family of Christ'

Feast of the Sacred Heart

The Imagery of the Sacred Heart

The Feast of the Sacred Heart has been in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar since 1856, and is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost. As Pentecost is always celebrated on Sunday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart always falls on a Friday.

The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind”

 

Choose from some of the Activities below

Look at these paintings of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which do you prefer? Create your own painting

 

 

Make a heart to show the sacred heart of Jesus

 

 

Research about St Margaret Mary Alacoque, (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), who was a French Roman Catholic Visitation nun who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Top