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Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ-- People gather around the repaired Sacred Heart of Jesus statue after its blessing in the garden behind St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Aug ...
The statue of the “Sacred Heart of Jesus,” made of white porcelain, sat on a pedestal outside the rectory of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for more than a decade, CBS ...
The recently repaired Sacred Heart of Jesus statue Friday, June 13, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart in Allentown. The statue, initially dedicated in 1915, was vandalized in March 2023.
On the night of Sept. 14, 1967, someone painted Jesus white again. Sacred Heart officials never found the person responsible but decided three days later to paint it black permanently.
A 90-year-old Sacred Heart of Jesus statue was destroyed during vandalism inside a Texas cathedral, church leaders said. A man suspected of the vandalism has been detained. Authorities identified ...
Gathered around the statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the basement chapel of St. Nicholas Church in Wilkes-Barre are pastor the Rev. Joseph D. Verespy, Rosa Nunez of Wilkes-Barre, who ...
In it, figures in white depict Jesus and the Apostles at the Last Supper but legend says this peaceful place was born in war. The artist, Felix Lucero was a soldier wounded in World War One.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A large crowd of community members gathered outside St. Luke's Sacred Heart in Allentown to witness the blessing and rededication of the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue. The statue ...
St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart rededicates the recently repaired Sacred Heart of Jesus statue Friday, June 13, 2025, in Allentown.