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Archives and ResourcesThere is a wealth of information available to you here, however, materials cannot be altered without the written consent of the Father Flanagan League Society of Devotion.Photos, prayers, writings of Father Flanagan are used with permission of Boys Town Hall of History. |
“It costs so little to teach a child to love, and so much to teach him to hate.”
Servant of God Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, 1886-1948
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Podcasts (A Saint for All Children – 12 Part Series) – MP3 format:
- Introduction
Father Flanagan’s own words about how he came to found Boys Town - Parenting
August 9, 1946, Boys Town Times – Meeting the basic needs of the child, educative and challenging - Truth
1928 talk to children defining and building the virtue of truth - New Year
1947 speech – A call to hope at the beginning of a year - Education
January 10, 1947, Boys Town Times – Shaping boys and girls for life – the call of the teacher - Religion
1929 Radio Talk, KOIL – Religion is first and primary for both parents and for children; educative and challenging - Prayer
1934 Radio Talk (KOIL or WOW) on the beauty and necessity of prayer - Socialization of the Child
January 24, 1947, Boys Town Times – Children are prepared for the world by good parenting - Brotherly Love
1941 Address to Conference of Christians and Jews in Minneapolis; Love of God and Love of fellow man as basis for tolerance and acceptance - Re-Echoes
Father Flanagan’s own words about his former boys - World Outreach
Father Flanagan’s trips to Japan and to Germany and other international outreaches as well as the response of nations when he died. - Sainthood
the canonization process and how Father Flanagan and the groundswell of devotion must meet this criteria
Books on Father Flanagan & Boys Town:
Legacy of Devotion – Father Edward J. Flanagan of Boys Town
By Father Clifford J. Stevens
Father Flanagan of Boys Town: A MAN OF VISION
By Hugh Reilly and Kevin Warneke
Boys Town, A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Editor: Barbara A. Lonnborg
Boys Town, THE CONSTANT SPIRIT (Images of America Series)
By James R. Ivey
Father Flanagan’s Legacy: HOPE AND HEALING FOR CHILDREN
Editors: Barbara A. Lonnborg and Thomas J. Lynch
Finding Happiness In Faith, Family and Work: WORDS OF PRACTICAL IRISH WISDOM FROM FATHER FLANAGAN
Boys Town Press
Letters from the Front: BOYS TOWN ON THE BATTLEFIELD FROM PEARL HARBOR TO THE PERSIAN GULF
By Terry L. Hyland and Hugh J. Reilly
Father Flanagan of Boys Town
By Fulton J. Oursler and W. Oursler, 1949