We certainly live in crazy times...
That, I know, is an understatement.
It has come to light, that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is not Catholic, nor was its founder, Danny Thomas, a true Catholic, or at least a "confused" Catholic.
I hope for the latter rather than the former...
Unfortunately, the information that I'll post is nothing new, and has been in the public domain for many years, basically, those who run the hospital have caved to the zeitgeist and many of its very public evils.
I have two sources that provide the sad facts: one, from catholicism.org and the other is from lifesitenews.com...
Before I post this disturbing information, I'd like to give a little background on my own, personal experience with the Hospital (located in Memphis, TN) that goes back to my early military days in the Air Force (police)...
I was stationed at a "small" SAC base (that's Strategic Air Command) located in Blytheville, AR, about 70 miles north, northwest of Memphis.
The year was 1966... My brother police and I had just gotten off a long night shift guarding the B-52 heavy (nuclear) bombers and the KC-135 refueling tankers, as well as the munitions storage area housing conventional -- and nuclear weapons.
We were informed that a non-com's (Staff Sergeant) son had been receiving treatment at St. Jude's and requested volunteers to help replenish the blood supply that had been used for the little guy.
Still in our uniforms, groggy and hungry, we piled on the Air Force bus and headed for Memphis and the Hospital...
When we arrived, we were given a quick guide of some parts of the treatment areas with the "space-age" cancer machinery (it was 1966!), I have no idea what is in use these days to treat the cancers...
We were also treated to a fried chicken dinner, then rolled up our sleeves and donated some life-saving blood.
I can't remember if I fell asleep on the way back to the base, but some did catch a few winks, I'm sure.
That's a little background on my first -- and only -- first-hand experience with St. Jude's...
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Here is the first article from catholicism.org: Saint Jude's Was Never a Catholic Hospital and Danny Thomas Was a Freemason - Catholicism.org
"Three days ago, we posted a Lepanto Institute press release warning about the hospital which so many contribute to, assuming incorrectly that it is Catholic: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Marked ‘Not Safe’ for Donations by Charity Watchdog.
Saint Jude’s is not now nor was it ever a Catholic hospital. The hospital website is transparent about its being a secular institution:
We are not a Catholic hospital, nor are we affiliated with any religious organization. Our founder, Danny Thomas, was Catholic, and St. Jude Thaddeus was his patron Saint.
Danny Thomas, a Maronite Catholic of Lebanese descent, was a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, appointed by Pope Paul VI. His being a “devout Catholic” and a devotee of Saint Jude is part of the story of Saint Jude’s founding. But this does not mean the hospital was a Catholic institution. It never was.
Thomas was also a Master Mason, who publicly extolled the Craft, and expressed pride in his membership. He was a member of Gothic Lodge No. 270 — a Blue Lodge of the York Rite — in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
Thomas was also a member of the Scottish Rite and Al Malaikah Shrine in Los Angeles.
According to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, he was a 33rd Degree Mason, presumably of the Scottish Rite.
Since the eighteenth century, Catholics have been expressly forbidden to be Freemasons, under threat of severe canonical penalties.
The first papal condemnation of Freemasonry was issued by Pope Clement XII on April 28, 1738 in the bull, In Eminenti Apostolatus Specula. Since that time, Catholics have been forbidden to be Freemasons. Multiple papal interventions reiterated and expanded Clement’s condemnation, eventually making membership in a Masonic lodge an offense that incurred automatic excommunication.
The 1983 Code of Canon Law did not contain an explicit mention of Freemasonry, but something else happened that same year to clarify the issue:
In 1983, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the personal approval of Pope John Paul II, issued a Declaration on Masonic Associations, which reiterated the Church’s objections to Freemasonry. The 1983 declaration states that “faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion. … the Church’s negative judgment in regard to Masonic association(s) remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden. CDF 1983 stipulated that neither CDF 1974 nor CDF 1981 allowed an individual bishop or bishops’ conferences to permit Catholics to belong to masonic lodges.” (Source).
A long treatment of the Church’s historical stance on Freemasonry and the Craft’s anti-Catholicism may be read here: Papacy and Freemasonry — A Speech made by the late Monseigneur Jouin on December 8, 1930.
This column is not intended to malign Danny Thomas, but to set the record straight about Saint Jude’s and about Danny Thomas’ Freemasonic involvement. During his lifetime, there were many in the hierarchy who sounded an uncertain trumpet about this matter (and so many other matters!), and he may legitimately have been confused, as others continue to be very confused to this day."
End of article...
The second article is from lifesitenews.com and written by Michael Hichborn
Here are the first several paragraphs of the article: "MEMPHIS (Lepanto Institute) — What does celebrating, promoting, and supporting the open practice of sodomy have to do with helping kids fight childhood cancer? That’s the question donors need to be asking St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
St. Jude was founded in 1962 by the famous actor and comedian, Danny Thomas. A Maronite Catholic, Thomas had a great devotion to St. Jude Thaddeus and made a promise that if he became successful as an entertainer, he would erect a shrine to St. Jude. In the 1950s, his wife began raising funds for the establishment of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to make good on that promise.
Unfortunately, despite its original mandate to help kids survive catastrophic illnesses, St. Jude has strayed into the promotion of gravely immoral ideologies by fighting anti-LGBT laws, sponsoring LGBT pride events, openly promoting homosexuality, and even marching – with children – in LGBT Pride parades.
On June 1, 2024, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was heavily represented at the Memphis Pride parade. Wearing “St. Jude Supports Pride” t-shirts, carrying a banner with the same moniker, and waving rainbow flags, over 100 people representing the research hospital – and their young children – showed up about 40 minutes into the parade."
Note: if you wish to read the entire article, be warned of some very disturbing information being presented in that piece...
Please pray for the soul of Danny Thomas and for strength and honor!
Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...
St. Joseph pray for us!!
St. Jude pray for us!!
Gene DeLalla
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