Christmas Carols at the Shrine

Christmas Carols at the National Shrine of Saint Jude

  3 December 2016

All are welcome to attend Christmas Carols at the National Shrine of Saint Jude.

Carol singing starts at 2.30pm, but there will be plenty of activities before and after. We will be singing all the great carols in the Shrine of Saint Jude. Everyone who attends will need to get their voices ready for a good and celebratory singalong! Mince pies, mulled wine, teas and coffees and fruit juice will be available. A book stall with lots of fiction and non-fiction will also be available. The whole day will be a great Christmas celebration.

All are welcome.

National Shrine of Saint Jude, 34 Tanners Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7JW

Tel: 01795 539214

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On-line shop highlights 3

Saint Jude bronze medal (made in Lourdes, France)

Our new on-line shop includes not only a number of religious gifts and souvenirs connected with Saint Jude, but there is so much more on offer too.

For the next few weeks, we're going to show our blog and Facebook friends some special items you can purchase from our new shop.

This time we want to highlight the medals, rosaries and similar items that you can purchase. We have a massive range of medals and rosaries available at the shop. Most of our stock are exclusively designed by the Shrine to help raise money for the Shrine and the work of the Carmelites in Britain and worldwide.

Our shop can be found here and our medals and rosaries can be found here.

Pope John Paul II medal for sale

Visit Faversham

We are pleased to be featured on the Visit Faversham blog for November. We really appreciate the work of Visit Faversham and are proud to be a partner in their work in promoting this great town.

You can view our blog entry on the Visit Faversham website, here.

On-line shop highlights 2

Our new on-line shop includes not only a number of religious gifts and souvenirs connected with Saint Jude, but there is so much more on offer too.

For the next few weeks, we're going to show our Facebook friends some special items you can purchase from our new shop.

This time: our many prayer cards. We have a massive range of prayer cards and prayer booklets available at the shop. Most of our stock are exclusively designed by the Shrine to help raise money for the Shrine and the work of the Carmelites in Britain and worldwide.

Our shop can be found here and our prayer cards can be found here, or for prayer cards just to Saint Jude, here.

Societies of Prayer at the National Shrine of Saint Jude

Before the Second World War, these three ‘Societies of Prayer’ were established. The Societies continue to exist at the Shrine, and are a very popular way for people to express their faith, participate in our Carmelite devotions, and support our ministry of service to God’s people.

Members of the three societies are enrolled for a year, during which time a Mass is celebrated every month for their spiritual and temporal welfare. It is possible to enrol yourself and others in any or all of the Societies, and whilst there is no set fee, a donation of £1.50 (or more) per person is suggested. This money supports the Carmelite brothers and our work to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in Britain and beyond. These societies are separate from the Guild of Saint Jude.

The subscription for each Society is suggested as £1.50 per year. Each person will receive a membership card.

You might like to consider enrolling yourself, family or friends in one or all three of the Societies of Prayer at Faversham. If you would like to enrol yourself and/or others, please send a list of names and addresses, along with your donation (by cheque made payable to Carmelite Friars) to:

Carmelite Friars
P.O. Box 140
Kent
ME20 7SJ

Or, you can join on-line, here.

Feast of Saint Jude - 2016

We had a great three days for our Feast celebrations. Thank you to all the friends of Saint Jude for visiting us at this special time.

The Shrine Office would like to thank our lovely volunteers, the flower ladies, and the wonderful music group of Greg and Siobhan Watkin; the Faversham community, Fr Wilfrid McGreal, O.Carm (Prior), Fr Brendan Grady, O.Carm (Chaplain), Br Tony O'Donnell, O.Carm and Robert; Rachael and Kevin; Br Richard from York; and finally to the friars from Aylesford: Fr Francis Kemsley, O.Carm and Fr Michael Cox, O.Carm.

Some photos can be seen below.

Saint Jude, pray for us.

Sponsored Walk - Completed

Yesterday, the Development Manager of the National Shrine of Saint Jude, Matt Betts, completed his walk from Westminster Abbey in London to the National Shrine of Saint Jude in Faversham. The walk was to raise important funds for the Order of Carmelites for their much needed work in the UK and abroad. Matt will write a fuller report with lots of photos in the next few days, but below are some highlights of his very long walk.

If you would like to donate, please visit https://mydonate.bt.com/events/judewalk/301506, or people can send their cheque or postal order made payable to: “The Carmelites” to: Sponsored Walk, Carmelite Friars, P.O. Box 140, Kent, ME20 7SJ. Thank you.

Westminster Abbey, London

Houses of Parliament, London

Saint Paul's Cathedral

Beautiful sunset over London

Canary Wharf

Greenwich

Watling Street, Bexley

Walking over the M25

  

Rochester Castle at night

On the road to Faversham (near Teynham)

Arrived at last