I have loved you to the end I wish you all a very blessed Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! The picture above shows the front and back of a medal from the Vendée counterrevolution. Here is what a French commentator writes on it: Right from the start of the Revolution, two years before the military uprising, when religious objects were no longer being manufactured anywhere or sold in broad daylight, lead medals were being smuggled into the Vendée, bearing on the front the Heart of Jesus, with the inscription:
Have there been any reproduction medals made of that Vendee medal? The more I learn about them, the more edified I am, and have started to think of them as a sort of "patron group" of mine, along with the peasants of the Prayer Book Rebellion, the Cristeros, and those who fought the communists in Spain.
I'm not aware of any reproductions of this one in particular (it SHOULD be purchased and then reproduced!). But one can get the Sacred Heart with cross pin here:
Random question here: do you know the history of how women came to be allowed in choirs? I have read that before scholas were only composed of men and boys. What is your opinion on this, Dr. Kwasniewski?
Also, I sat in for choir practice last Sunday at the FSSP parish I attend and I found that they were going to sing a chant written by you called "Miserere" at the High Mass. I am not sure if I had ever heard it before, but it was beautiful!
Have there been any reproduction medals made of that Vendee medal? The more I learn about them, the more edified I am, and have started to think of them as a sort of "patron group" of mine, along with the peasants of the Prayer Book Rebellion, the Cristeros, and those who fought the communists in Spain.
I agree!
I'm not aware of any reproductions of this one in particular (it SHOULD be purchased and then reproduced!). But one can get the Sacred Heart with cross pin here:
https://shop.remnantnewspaper.com/index.php/remnant-shop/remnant-shop/league-of-the-sacred-heart/sacred-heart-pin-detail
And of course the Vendee flag can be purchased in various forms.
Random question here: do you know the history of how women came to be allowed in choirs? I have read that before scholas were only composed of men and boys. What is your opinion on this, Dr. Kwasniewski?
Yes, you can read all about it here:
https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/are-women-permitted-to-sing-propers-of.html
Thank you!
Also, I sat in for choir practice last Sunday at the FSSP parish I attend and I found that they were going to sing a chant written by you called "Miserere" at the High Mass. I am not sure if I had ever heard it before, but it was beautiful!
Thanks for letting me know they used that piece!
Yes, I agree. I searched the medal and found one already sold.