New! Mini Sacred Heart Flag - 1, 10, or 50

Mini Sacred Heart Flag. Perfect for Catholic party favors, table decorations, your CCD class, or just one for you or your friend to wave it decorate some special spot. It's a special flag for the Catholic cause and a way to have some fun. 

The Flag of the Sacred Heart, or Carillon Flag (in French, "Drapeau Carillon Sacré Coeur"), is a Catholic flag dating back to the 1600s. It was used by French Canadians in Quebec, and gets its name for being their standard in the 1758 Battle of Carillon, in which they decisively defeated an overwhelmingly superior British force.

The fleurs-de-lis in the corners are an old French symbol representing the Trinity; and the large white cross, sort of invisible as a design element separating the blue fields, is at root of course the Cross of Christ. The white cross in a blue field was the design of the French merchant flag, which this flag is based on. It is also the model for the Quebec flag, the white cross in a blue field with the fleurs-de-lis in the corners. The Sacred Heart flag was used widely by Canadian Catholics at an official level until the 1950s.

Thanks for your support of our Catholic art project.

Pax tibi,

Sue and John

St. Mary’s, Lincoln, Nebraska

This restoration of the flag is copyright (c) Sue Kouma Johnson