Boys Town founder to be named Servant of God

cna ^ | February 25, 2012 | Kevin J. Jones

[NYer]

Spencer Tracy, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Fr. Flanagan in the 1938 film Boys Town, would be proud. The film was nominated for 3 Oscars, including Best Picture.

[Krankor]

He straightened out Whitey.

[ConorMacNessa]

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[unkus]

One of my favorite movies.

[late bloomer]

A great one..
but so was Gunga Din...

[PGalt]

A GRRRRRRREAT man! BTTT!

[unkus]

But I liked Boys Town much more than I liked Gunga Din.

Gunga Din is toward the bottom of my favorite war movies.

[unkus]

Yes, Father Flannagan was a very great man. He certainly merits Sainthood.

[narses]

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[Verginius Rufus]

No one is rushing to start a process for beatification of Gunga Din.

Some would say it's because of racism.

Me, I think it's because Gunga Din is a fictional character. Plus he wasn't a Catholic.

[MrEdd]

He saw the abuse of children going on in Irish Catholic orphanages, and publicly called the ecclesiastic hierarchy on it ( to their consternation). Had they listened the Catholic Church would be in a very different position on the world stage today.

This man was orders of magnitude more worthy than JPII.

[unkus]

He saw the abuse of children going on in Irish Catholic orphanages, and publicly called the ecclesiastic hierarchy on it ( to their consternation). Had they listened the Catholic Church would be in a very different position on the world stage today.

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Agreed.

[redgolum]

What is sad is that Boys town had horrible abuse problems in the 80’s.

It was one of the first of such scandals to hit the news (at least locally). To their credit, once it was found out (or at least made public), they took steps to clean it up very quickly.

[savagesusie]

Such places as that are always targets of perverts—it is why orphanages have always been considered very evil places. Evil people want access to vulnerable children and children where there is no family is the safest bet.

It is why Marxists want to destroy the Natural Family-—Children without two loving parents are very susceptible to all sorts of abuse, since there is no parental time for them, since single parents have to put their children in daycares. Daycares were invented by Lenin.

The Second Mile was set up for boys by perverts, so boys could be passed around for homosexual orgies.

There are evil people in the world who want to take advantage of children—that will always exist-—I think the Catholic Church realizes this now. You can set up extra precautions to prevent abuse. Hopefully, that is done.

[Salvation]

Originally a Nebraska girl here. Visited Boys Town and met Fr. Flannigan too, I believe.

[ex-snook]

Well deserved, praise God.

[Hot Tabasco]

I've heard of orphanages but never knew anyone who actually lived in one until this past summer. I play +55 senior softball and I met a guy who is 78 and actually grew up in one in northern Michigan until he was finally adopted.

The stories he told me of his life there were truly inspiring..........

[ex-snook]

"Such places as that are always targets of perverts—it is why orphanages have always been considered very evil places. Evil people want access to vulnerable children and children where there is no family is the safest bet."

That's over the line. I was in Catholic Orphanage in NYC and there were no perverts and it was a great place. It doesn't exist now but I am thankful for the memories. Thank you Pappy O'B.

[Hot Tabasco]

I've heard of orphanages but never knew anyone who actually lived in one until this past summer. I play +55 senior softball and I met a guy who is 78 and actually grew up in one in northern Michigan until he was finally adopted.

The stories he told me of his life there were truly inspiring..........