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Catie O'Brien died on January 25th of this year, but she left behind two precious gifts. Her dying wish was for friends and family to raise enough money to cover all of the operating costs for St. Jude Hospital for one day each year in her name, preferably on her birthday, April 23rd. That amounts to a $1.4 million donation. Though her family only had a few months to raise the money this year, they had $1.96 million to present to the hospital today, Catie's birthday.

But, Catie wished to take care of the spiritual needs of her friends at St. Jude's as well as their physical ones. Unable to find a patron saint of pediatric cancer, Catie told her parents that she wanted to someday be that saint.

I pray that Catie gets both her wishes.

To donate:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
In Memory of Catie O'Brien, Code #21824409
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105

The Arlington Catholic Herald has a beautiful story about Catie.