The Banquet of the Rich Glutton name "Epulone" has been attached in Italy to the rich man, but also generically refers to a "feaster" (with pejorative gluttonous suggestion). The etymology of the word comes from a banquet sometime prepared in honor of the gods. The painting depicts a rich man after completion of his meal, with empty plates, surrounded by servants, while in the background, is the beggar Lazarus. The painting was purchased in 1895 from a Monte di Pietà, where such a painting would have resonated as both a "memento mori" and counsel towards charity. The painting would have been thematically antithetical to the still
Community of the Holy Name Holy Name of Jesus,’ thus reflecting a vocation of reaching out to others in the name of ‘Jesus, Saviour.’ The founders drew inspiration from both the Catholic and Evangelical movements. In 1887 the ‘Mother House’ (Convent of the Holy Name) was established at Malvern Link, Worcestershire, while ‘mission houses’ remained in London and elsewhere in the UK. In 1962 CHN opened a community house in Lesotho in southern Africa amalgamating the Community of St Mary at the Cross. in 1969 CHN opened a community house in Zululand, South Africa. The Community in England moved to the present convent in Derby