Father Flanagan's mission work and legacy are well known. This film reveals the incredible struggles, challenges, and pa | dG1fdUY5SjYtT3ZOMWM
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00:00My boys and I want to bring you a special message of peace.
00:09Father Flanagan is an American success story.
00:12Came on Ellis Island with nothing in his pockets.
00:15He was somebody that saw the common humanity that we all share as brothers and sisters
00:20in Jesus Christ.
00:21He was raising these boys not to be just good, but to be strong.
00:28It wasn't just that those who disagreed with Father Flanagan were willing to sort of sit
00:32in the background.
00:34They tried to get in his way.
00:37So he moved to the middle of a cornfield and started his own town.
00:42When you examine why he did what he did and the conflicts that he took on, you're going
00:49to see the face of Jesus Christ in his work.
00:57Father Flanagan was able to get a place just on a corner in downtown Dodge Street, the
01:08main drag.
01:10He had a few kids and they kind of lived together in community.
01:15They didn't have a lot, but Father Flanagan made the most of what was available to them.