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Danny Thomas vowed to build a shrine to St. Jude Thaddeus if the saint would “help me find my way in life.” The shrine is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Most notably, he was the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, a leading center in pediatric medicine with a focus on pediatric cancer. St. Jude now has affiliate hospitals in eight other American cities as of early 2020.
When we recount how St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was born, we often tell the story of how our founder, Danny Thomas, walked into a Detroit church and asked St. Jude Thaddeus to show him his way in life.
Why Danny Thomas opened St. Jude. More than 70 years ago, Danny Thomas was a young entertainer with a baby on the way. Work wasn't easy to come by, and his despair grew. He turned to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes, and vowed:
Feb 4, 2022 · St. Jude founder Danny Thomas said no child should die in the dawn of life. Sixty years after the doors of St. Jude opened, doctors and scientists are committed to improving childhood cancer survival rates around the world.
Feb 1, 2019 · After finding success, Danny fulfilled his promise, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened its doors on Feb. 4, 1962 in the belief that, “No child should die in the dawn in life ...
After an answered prayer from St. Jude Thaddeus, Danny Thomas worked with Memphis business leaders to build St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
This was the day Danny Thomas would fulfill a promise made to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. As a struggling young entertainer, Danny had prayed in desperation to St. Jude, saying “Show me my way in life, and I will build you a shrine.”
Feb 4, 2021 · On Feb. 4, 1962, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened in Memphis, founded by Toledoan Danny Thomas. Danny’s dream was "No child should die in the dawn of life." At the time, the...
Jan 6, 2020 · One of the most remarkable lives of 20th Century America began on Jan. 6, 1914 — the birthdate of Danny Thomas. He achieved fame as a TV star, but his greatest role was raising the funds to build St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, on the belief that no child should die in the dawn of life.
