Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 30, 2023 / 13:15 pm
The arm of St. Jude, a relic of “one of Jesus Christ’s closest collaborators,” will be touring the U.S. for several months beginning in September, a Catholic evangelization ministry announced this week.
Father Carlos Martins, the director of the ministry Treasures of the Church, told “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Monday that the relic “is coming to America for a nine-month tour,” with its first stop scheduled for St. John Cantius Church in Chicago on Sept. 9.
“It will be hosted in various churches, schools, prisons, across different states, from now until May 2024,” Martins told Sabol.
“It’s the first time the arm of the saint — the major relic of [St. Jude] — has left Italy,” Martins said.