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____THE SHRINE____

The St. Jude Shrine is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and has been staffed and operated by the Pallottine Fathers and Brothers for over 80 years. The Shrine was entrusted to the Pallottines by the Archbishop of Baltimore in 1917. Around the outset of World War II, devotion to St. Jude was reaching meaningful proportions and so it was decided to establish regular novena services.

At first the Novena Services attracted only the local parishioners, but in a short time it became a city-wide Center where people of all walks of life came to pray to St. Jude. It was not long before the Shrine was known beyond the city limits of Baltimore, and people from the suburbs-in increasing numbers-began coming to the Shrine every Wednesday. This increase made it necessary to have four Novena Servies every Wednesday.

Today this Shrine is a nationwide Center of St. Jude Devotions. People from every section of the United States keep in touch with the Shrine by mail.

They send their petitions to the Shrine regularly so that they can be prayed for at the Perpetual Novena Services.

______HISTORY of ST JUDE______

"The Forgotten Saint," this is a title that is sometimes given to our Saint. It is hard to conceive how any Saint of God could really be forgotten by people, but this fact may be explained by a certain confusion of names. No doubt it was by reason of the shameful treason of another Jude, Judas Iscariot, that the name of a glorious Apostle and martyr has suffered forgetfulness.

Today however, more than ever before, is the merit of Jude Thaddeus being revived in people's minds and hearts. He in return is proving himself more than an ordinary advocate taking special delight in coming to the aid of persons in desperate need. No petition seems too great for him whence he is known as the "Patron in Cases Despaired of."

"Thaddeus" means sweetness and gentleness of character. He died a martyr of God. His last mortal remains now lie in the great basilica of St. Peter in Rome. Pope Paul III, in a brief dated September 22nd, 1543, granted a plenary indulgence to all who would visit his tomb on the day commemorating his death, October 28th, the day of his feast.

http://www.stjudeshrine.org/index.htm

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