National Shrine Of Saint Jude (England)

The National Shrine of Saint Jude adjoins the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Faversham, England, is a Roman Catholic shrine to Saint Jude, and a place of pilgrimage for Catholics and other Christians in the United Kingdom and other countries. It is served and looked after by the British Province of the Order of Carmelites. HistoryThe Carmelite friars took on the care of the Faversham parish in 1926, and acquired a building on Tanners Street, developing it as a church by 1937. The shrine of Saint Jude was later built in 1955. On 28 October 1955, the Bishop of Southwark Cyril Cowderoy, with the Prior General of the Carmelite Order, the Prior of Aylesford, and many other priests and friars, dedicated the Shrine. Bishop Cyril described the place as "a jewel for the diocese". Since the 1950s thousands of pilgrims have come to Faversham from all over the world to visit and pray at the little shrine to Saint Jude. It is not a particularly large building, but it has become special to the many pilgrims who visit the shrine. The SiteThe site includes the Faversham parish, which was founded in 1926 and developed as a church by 1937. The shrine of St. Jude was later built in 1955. In addition to the Shrine, there is an office, information centre and welcome centre at the Shrine which caters for the many pilgrims who visit, write, or send in their prayers. The venue also holds the distribution office for St Albert's Press (which is the publishing arm of the British Province of Carmelites). The ShrineThe corridor between the church and shrine has a number of stained glass windows by the artist Richard Joseph King, depicting important figures in the tradition of the Carmelite Order. First is the window of Saint Simon Stock . He was a Kentish man who became Prior General of the Order in the 1250s and who died in Bordeaux, France, in 1265. The other windows are of Saint Brocard; the Prophet Elisha and the Prophet Elijah.

The National Shrine of Saint Jude adjoins the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Faversham, England, is a Roman Catholic shrine to Saint Jude, and a place of pilgrimage for Catholics and other Christians in the United Kingdom and other countries. It is served and looked after by the British Province of the Order of Carmelites. HistoryThe Carmelite friars took on the care of the Faversham parish in 1926, and acquired a building on Tanners Street, developing it as a church by 1937. The shrine of Saint Jude was later built in 1955. On 28 October 1955, the Bishop of Southwark Cyril Cowderoy, with the Prior General of the Carmelite Order, the Prior of Aylesford, and many other priests and friars, dedicated the Shrine. Bishop Cyril described the place as "a jewel for the diocese". Since the 1950s thousands of pilgrims have come to Faversham from all over the world to visit and pray at the little shrine to Saint Jude. It is not a particularly large building, but it has become special to the many pilgrims who visit the shrine. The SiteThe site includes the Faversham parish, which was founded in 1926 and developed as a church by 1937. The shrine of St. Jude was later built in 1955. In addition to the Shrine, there is an office, information centre and welcome centre at the Shrine which caters for the many pilgrims who visit, write, or send in their prayers. The venue also holds the distribution office for St Albert's Press (which is the publishing arm of the British Province of Carmelites). The ShrineThe corridor between the church and shrine has a number of stained glass windows by the artist Richard Joseph King, depicting important figures in the tradition of the Carmelite Order. First is the window of Saint Simon Stock . He was a Kentish man who became Prior General of the Order in the 1250s and who died in Bordeaux, France, in 1265. The other windows are of Saint Brocard; the Prophet Elisha and the Prophet Elijah.