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LITTLE FLOWER, NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE

Located in Chicago, Illinois, it was built by members of the Society of the Little Flower in thanksgiving for individual favors received through the intercession of St. Thérèse, and is now in the charge of the Carmelite Fathers. Outside of France, it has the most noteworthy collection of St. Thérèse's relics in the world.