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National Shrine to St. Therese began at St. Cyril's Church in Chicago in 1923, as devotion to the Little Flower was growing. The shrine held novenas to St. Thérèse every Tuesday. Because of her great popularity, it was moved to the larger St. Clara's Church in the Englewood
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National Shrine. With changing demographics, the crowds lessened. In 1975, fire destroyed St. Clara's Carmelite Church in the south side of Chicago, and effectively destroyed the National Shrine of St. Therese.
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Sempowski, then Director of the Little Flower Society, oversaw the design and construction, trying to be faithful to Carmelite spirituality and her “little way.” The Shrine building was dedicated on November 1, 1987.
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