The Shrine was originally placed at
the entrance to the Lady Chapel and later moved to the
Chapel of the Pieta. In 1953, Fr. Thomas McElhatton,
O.P. moved the Shrine, then consisting of the statue of St.
Jude, to its present site in the north nave of the church,
near the transept which houses the beautiful Rosary Altar,
and which is crowned by a spectacular 30-foot stained glass
window featuring figures of Dominican Martyrs.
Fr. Thomas Aquinas
McElhatton, O.P. Aug. 15, 1904 - Oct. 10, 1965
Fr. McElhatton was born
in Moline, Il and attended Northeastern University,
St. Thomas College, Ross, CA and the Dominican House
of Studies, Benicia, CA. He was ordained a
priest on June 6, 1939 and went on to a stellar
ministry in the Province. He was vocation
Director and Secretary to the Provincial. He
was assistant pastor in Berkeley, San Francisco, and
Eagle Rock (Los Angeles), CA, becoming pastor at
this latter parish for two terms. He was later
Prior of St. Dominic's, San Francisco. Fr. McElhatton is largely responsible for the design and
construction of the Dominican Treat Center at
McKenzie Bridge, OR., which has been over the
decades a haven of tranquility and spiritual
refreshment for Dominican clergy and laity alike.
He spent several years there before returning to
Eagle Rock for two more terms. He succumbed to
poor health, and died in thousand Oaks, CA.
Yellow
Indicates
Novena Days
March 2010
Sun
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
1
Saint
Albinus
2
3
Saint
Katharine
Drexel
4
Saint
Emmerich
5
First
Friday
6
First
Saturday
7
3rd Sunday
of
Lent
8
Saint
John
of God
9
Saint
Dominic
Savio
10
Forty
Holy
Martyrs
of
Sebaste
11
Saint
Eulogius
12
Saint
Maximilian
13
14
4th Sunday
of
Lent
15
Saint
Louise
de
Marillac
usa)
16
Saint
Heribert
17
Saint
Patrick
18
Saint
Cyril of
Jerusalem
19
Saint
Joseph
Husband
of the BVM
20
21
5th Sunday
of
Lent
22
The
Catherine
of
Genoa
23
Saint
Turibius
24
Saint
Catherine
of
Sweden
25
Annunciation
of
he
Lord
26
27
Saint
Rupert
of
Salzburg
28
Palm
Sunday
29
Holy
Week
Saint
Joseph
of
Arimathea
30
Holy
Week
Saint
John
Climacus
31
Holy
Week
Saint
Benjamin
Daily Masses
& Prayers
Petitions Received at all Times
The Shrine was originally placed at
the entrance to the Lady Chapel and later moved to the
Chapel of the Pieta. In 1953, Fr. Thomas McElhatton,
O.P. moved the Shrine, then consisting of the statue of St.
Jude, to its present site in the north nave of the church,
near the transept which houses the beautiful Rosary Altar,
and which is crowned by a spectacular 30-foot stained glass
window featuring figures of Dominican Martyrs.
Fr. McElhatton was born
in Moline, Il and attended Northeastern University,
St. Thomas College, Ross, CA and the Dominican House
of Studies, Benicia, CA. He was ordained a
priest on June 6, 1939 and went on to a stellar
ministry in the Province. He was vocation
Director and Secretary to the Provincial. He
was assistant pastor in Berkeley, San Francisco, and
Eagle Rock (Los Angeles), CA, becoming pastor at
this latter parish for two terms. He was later
Prior of St. Dominic's, San Francisco. Fr. McElhatton is largely responsible for the design and
construction of the Dominican Treat Center at
McKenzie Bridge, OR., which has been over the
decades a haven of tranquility and spiritual
refreshment for Dominican clergy and laity alike.
He spent several years there before returning to
Eagle Rock for two more terms. He succumbed to
poor health, and died in thousand Oaks, CA.
