The Omaha guide., 1948-05-22
TOWNS GREAT
4 LOSS

SiCCu VI COlOI, dHQ more tndn
$500 boys from every state in
the Union, the Philippines, Ha-
vii, Mexico, and Canada have
been citizens here.
In 1887 Father Flanagan
was elevated to the rank Of
Domestic Prelate by the late
Pope Plus XI, with the title of
Right Reverand Monsignor,
and was Investigated by the late
Most Rev. James Hugh Ryan,
Archbishop Of Omaha. During
his current mission to Europe,
Father Flanagan visited Rome
for an Audience with the Holy
Father, Pope Plus XII.
Honorary degrees of Doct-
Of Of Laws were conferred on
St. Mary's College, Emitsburg
Md. St. Benedict's college, A
tchison, Kansas, and Creight-
on University, Omaha.
Father Flanagan's program
for boys, based on his philo-
sophy that there is no such
thing as a bad boy, has been
to give them a good academic
and vocational education, to
keep them busy in their leis-
ure time with sports, hobbies,
, crafts, recreational and cultur-
al activities. Boys Towns band
and it's concert choir have be-
come popular favorites throu-
ghout the country. Its athelet-
ic teams hold their own in com
petition with those of public
and pafochial high school in
every section of the country.
Funeral services for the Ri.
Rev. Msgr Edward J.. Flana-
gan will be held Friday morn
ing at 7:30 A. NJ. and at 1000
A. M. at the Dowd Memorial
Chapel at Boys Town, the Rev
Edmond c. Walsh, Acting Dir
ector Of Boys Town, announc-
ed late Monday after consult
ing with the Ri. Mrgs. Patrick
A. Flanagan, Pastor of Holy
Angels Church Of Omaha and
brother of the late Father Fla
nagan, and other relatives.
The United States Army Air
Corps is flying the remains Of
Father Flanagan to Omaha
from Berlin, Germany, where
services were held Monday
morning by Count Konrad Car
dinal Won Preysing, Bishop of
Berlin. Father Flanagan's re-
mains Are being flown home
in a BIO, to the Smoky Hill
Air Base at Salina, Kansas.
The plane is expected to arrive
in Salina sometime Tuesday
afternoon and the body will be
transferred to a CAT at Salena
for the last leg of the flight to
the Municipal Airport in ON
aha.
All of Father Flanagan's
boys, headed by the Boys
Town band, will be at the air
port to ay tribute to Father
Flanagan upon his arrival
home. An honor guard from
Offutt Field will be on hand,
while an Eagles delegation
representing the Omaha, Coun
Gil Bluffs and South Omaha
aeries will also be present.
Two Solemn Masses Of the
Requiem will be said at the
Dowd Memorial Chapel at
Boys Town at 7:30 A. M. and
1000 A. M. Friday. The first
mass will be for Father Flana-
gan's boys, members of the
staff at Boys Town and their
families, exclusively. AT 1000
A. M. the mass will be for the
public in general. The Rev. Ed
mond c. Walsh, Acting Dir
ector of Boys Town, will be
the celebrant at the boys mass
with the Rev. Leo Kuhn and
Rev. John L. Farrald serving
as Deacon and Subj Deacon,
respectively Father Kuhn and
Father Farrald are both grad
yates Of the Boys Town High
School and members Of Faith
er Flanagan's Boys Home ST.
aft. The Rev. Mr.. Ben Martin,
another Boys Town high sch
DOL graduate, who is a semin-
arian at Kendrick Seminary,
| Kendrick, Missouri, will serve
as Master Of Ceremonies.
The Ri. Rev. Msgr. P. A.
Flanagan, Pastor Of Holy An
gels Church of Omaha, and
brother of the late Boys Town
! founder and director, will be
the celebrant at the 1000 "A.
M. mass. The Rev. T. D. Sui
Ivan, St. Mary's Church,
Wood River, Nebraska, and
Father Walsh will be Deacon
and Subj Deacon, respectively.
The Rev. John Connealy, a
Boys Town staff member, will
serve as Master of Ceremonies
Father Walsh, the ce1ebrant
at the bows mass. will also