Servant of God Edward Flanagan/Footprints

Footprints for Servant of God Edward Flanagan are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 7 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Boys Town (Father Flanagan's Boys' Home) – main campus (Founding & ministry) [Public] Other – 14100 Crawford Street, Boys Town, NE 68010, Boys Town, Nebraska, United States
  • Year: 1917
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
  • Historic campus founded by Fr. Edward J. Flanagan for homeless and at-risk youth. Public visitor center, Dowd Chapel, and historic sites — primary US pilgrimage/heritage stop for his cause.
  • Sources: https://www.boystown.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan

• Dowd Memorial Chapel (Boys Town) (Founding & ministry) [Public] Church – Boys Town campus, Boys Town, NE 68010, Boys Town, Nebraska, United States
  • Year: 1941
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
  • Campus chapel associated with Flanagan's spiritual care of the boys. Tour-depth building-level stop within the Boys Town heritage visit.
  • Sources: https://www.boystown.org/

• Dowd Memorial Chapel (Boys Town) – campus prayer hub (Founding years & legacy) [Public] Church – Boys Town campus, 14100 Crawford Street, Boys Town, NE 68010, Boys Town, Nebraska, United States
  • Year: 1941
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
  • Campus chapel of Boys Town for pilgrim prayer and Mass on the historic home campus Fr. Flanagan founded. Building-level stop within the Boys Town visitor trail.
  • Sources: https://www.boystown.org/; https://www.boystownhospital.org/

• Boys Town Hall of History museum (Legacy) [Public] Other – Boys Town visitor campus, Boys Town, NE 68010, Boys Town, Nebraska, United States
  • Year: 1986
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
  • Museum interpreting Fr. Flanagan, the founding of Boys Town, and care for homeless youth. Orientation stop before the garden / tomb landscape.
  • Sources: https://www.boystown.org/

• Immaculate Conception Church (Omaha) – early priesthood association (Priestly ministry) [Public] Parish – 2708 South 24th Street, Omaha, NE 68108, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
  • Year: 1913
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
  • Omaha parish context for Flanagan's early priesthood before founding Boys Town. Public city stop pairing with the Boys Town campus drive.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan; https://www.boystown.org/

• Father Flanagan House Historic Site (Founding & ministry) [Public] Home – Boys Town campus, Boys Town, NE 68010, Boys Town, Nebraska, United States
  • Year: 1927
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
  • Historic house interpreting Flanagan's daily life and administration of the home. Building-level stop on the campus tour.
  • Sources: https://www.boystown.org/

• Roscommon / Ireland birthplace region (Childhood) [Limited] Home – Leabeg, County Roscommon, Ireland, Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland
  • Year: 1886
  • Diocese: Diocese of Elphin
  • Irish birthplace region of Edward Flanagan. Limited village pin for complete life geography; US tour focus is Boys Town, Nebraska.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan