The National Shrine of Saint Jude, adjoining the Roman Catholic parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Faversham Kent, England,[1] is a shrine to Saint Jude and a place of pilgrimage and prayer for Catholics and other Christians since it was officially opened in 1955.

It was originally a school room for the Quaker daughters of the workers at the local gunpowder factories - it is still possible to see markings on the wall from where the children sharpened their slate pencils.

[7] The 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.

There is the window of Saint Simon Stock, a Kentish man who became Prior General of the Order in the 1250s and who died in Bordeaux, France, in 1265.

It is fifteenth-century gilt and polychrome wood, and was a gift from Mr & Mrs Murphy, given in memory of their sons Matthew and Michael both of whom died in action in the Second World War.

[8] There are three designs from the artist Adam Kossowski: holy water stoops at the entrance, and three ceramic plaques.

It was set up to foster worship, for members to be able to support and share in the mission of the Carmelite Family by prayer and material resources; and to raise awareness and encourage pilgrimages to the National Shrine.