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Cause for Father Flanagan Advances |
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By: Kerry Date: July 18, 2015, 8:04 pm |
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From catholicvoiceomaha.com |
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http://catholicvoiceomaha.com/news/archdiocese-advances-father-flanagan-canoniz… |
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People throughout the archdiocese had reason to celebrate June |
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18 when the sainthood cause for Father Edward Flanagan, Boys |
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Town�s founder, was advanced to the Vatican. |
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But for some the occasion was especially significant: Boys Town |
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residents and employees, Father Flanagan�s family, people who |
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helped with the archdiocesan investigation through hard work and |
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prayers, the people of his native Ireland and Archdiocese of |
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Omaha priests. |
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About 800 people witnessed the historic 9 a.m. Mass at St. |
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Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha that marked the close of the |
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archdiocesan phase of the canonization effort. It ended with a |
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special ceremony to encase and officially seal four boxes � |
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4,600 pages � of documents detailing the archdiocese�s |
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three-year investigation. |
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People from Boys town attended, and members of Flanagan family. |
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All kinds of people were there including an Irish Bishop: |
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Among those concelebrating the Mass were Bishop Kevin Doran of |
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Elphin, Ireland, Father Flanagan�s native diocese, and Father |
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Patrick O�Toole, pastor of the parish in which Father Flanagan |
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grew up in Ballymoe, Ireland. |
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Bishop Doran said he holds up Father Flanagan as a model in his |
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diocese. He said he tells 12-year-old confirmation students: |
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"The Holy Spirit can do amazing things in your life, too, if you |
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let him." |
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Father Flanagan lived and preached the Gospel |
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"unapologetically," Bishop Doran said, and knew "how to mediate |
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God�s love to young people." |
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