Blessed Fulton Sheen Rhodium Plated Catholic Cufflinks

These cufflinks honor Blessed Fulton J. Sheen, the greatest American Catholic preacher of all time. He was a philosopher first, with a doctorate from the University of Louvain, and he taught at the Catholic University of America for more than twenty years. For over two decades his voice carried The Catholic Hour on national radio, and in 1952 he went on television with Life Is Worth Living. Up against Milton Berle in prime time, a bishop with a blackboard and a piece of chalk drew millions of viewers every week and won an Emmy. He wrote more than sixty books and brought converts like Clare Boothe Luce and Henry Ford II into the Church. Historian Thomas Reeves titled his biography America's Bishop, and on September 24, 2026, the Church beatified him in St. Louis. He is also our son's namesake!

Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Each cufflink carries the three letters Sheen chalked at the top of his blackboard before every broadcast: J.M.J., for Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Generations of Catholic schoolchildren were taught to head every page with them, and Sheen said the habit started for him in kindergarten. He kept it all his life, and at his beatification Mass the priests' vestments were embroidered with the same letters.

Why These Cufflinks

Writing J.M.J. is a short prayer. It offers whatever comes next, a letter, an exam or a day's work, to Jesus through the hands of Mary and Joseph, and asks their help to do it well. These cufflinks keep that offering at a man's wrist. The black enamel and polished rhodium sit as easily with a priest's clerical black as with a dinner jacket, which makes them a good gift for a priest, for a black-tie wedding or gala, and for anyone who came to the faith through Sheen's books and broadcasts.

Specifications

• Rhodium plated with black enamel inlay
• Approx. 20mm x 12.5mm
• Heirloom quality

Pair them with our JHS Christogram Silk Necktie in Silver, the Holy Name of Jesus that the first J stands for.

What is rhodium? Rhodium is a rare, bright silver-white precious metal in the platinum family. It is plated over the cufflinks to give them a mirror finish that resists tarnish and scratches.