Analysis Of Thank You, St. Jude

Robert Orsi’s book, Thank You, St. Jude: Women's Devotion to the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes, chronicles Jude’s Thaddeus’s story and the specific appeal of this Saint of Hopeless Causes to the Catholic women in America. Furthermore, the book illustrates the major religious events that happened in the mid-twentieth century. St. Jude, who was a virtually unrecognized figure before 1929, captured the earnest and faithful consecration of millions of women in various ways. Therefore, the reading raises the question what the then-incomprehensible Saint Jude offered the Catholic refugees’ offspring, who were making their way into America for opportunities. Orsi’s book explains the events that prompted the cult of St. Jude in early 1929, its popularity
Jude changed many women’s lives and made them alter their differing prospects on both the American culture and the Catholic religion. Specifically, Orsi reveals that the majority of immigrants were from Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as Ireland. Since they were facing challenges of misery, war, and poverty, St. Jude offered them hope. Therefore, Orsi's ability to comprehend the staid female followers of the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes makes his book a thought-provoking interpretation of the U.S. and Catholic cultures. Most importantly, it demonstrates an appealing attempt to challenge the limits of religious studies. In fact, the voices of Jude's fanatical female follower’s flashback, through Orsi's narrative and observations, effusively inform the reader on the importance of piousness and the refinement of female personalities. In this illustrative literature material, Orsi raises questions that require answers from students and scholars, including why Saint Jude’s cult was extraordinarily personal and solely female. Therefore, these flashbacks help readers shape and comprehend their future for many generations to
Importantly, after the completion of the church, some person was willing to donate a statue of Saint Jude, but attesting to his anonymity in his country, none could be found. A statue was made and the League of Saint Jude was founded in 1929. Orsi describes how a newly thriving advertising industry in the United States boosted the marketing of various religious promotions to help raise of Saint Jude's fame among the congregation. Pushed by a lot of devotional products and targeted specifically at women, Jude's Church was able to attract many followers, who could buy a variety of accessories to sustain their commitment. The Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes developed a major chord in Catholic women, who began acquiring devotional literature, testimonials to Saint Jude's, prayer cards, car medallions, vigil lights, and blessed