text:  Each year, in addition to the perpetual novena services every Wednesday and Sunday, three solemn novenas in honor of St. Jude are celebrated at the Shrine. A few weeks before each solemn novena, a notice is mailed to the Friends of St. Jude whose names are registered at the Shrine. The Shrine treasures all letters that acknowledge favors received through the powerful intercession of St. Jude.