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Edward Joseph Flanagan (Leabeg, 13 de julio de 1886 - Berlín, 15 de mayo de 1948) fue un sacerdote católico que dedicó toda su vida a la educación de niños y jóvenes delincuentes y abandonados. Fundó la Ciudad de los Muchachos .
Edward Joseph Flanagan (Roscommon, Irlanda, 1886 - Berlín, 1948) Educador y sacerdote católico irlandés que fue el fundador de la organización "La Ciudad de los Muchachos" (Boys' Town).
Right Rev. Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan (13 July 1886 – 15 May 1948) was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States, who served for decades in Nebraska.
Edward Joseph Flanagan. Sacerdote católico irlandés. Edward J. Flanagan nació el 13 de julio de 1886 en Roscommon. En 1904, emigra a los Estados Unidos, donde cursó estudios eclesiásticos. Posteriormente, estudia en la universidad Gregoriana de Roma y en Innsbruck (Austria).
16 de sept. de 2023 · Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of the famous Boys Town orphanage, will be declared a “Servant of God” next month as the Archdiocese of Omaha opens his cause for beatification.
Edward J. Flanagan was the eighth of eleven children born to John and Nora Flanagan. The Flanagans were a hard working farm family. All were raised sharing the modest and cramped quarters of the home at Leabeg. Edward was baptized at St. Croan Parish in Ballymoe.
Born in Ireland, Father Edward J. Flanagan arrived in the United States in 1904. Eight years later, he was ordained a priest and assigned to the Diocese of Omaha. Father Flanagan became a social reformer and a true visionary for changing how America cared for its children and families, passionately speaking out and taking action on social ...
