Boys Town High School - Pylon Yearbook (Boys Town, NE)

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Rellglous ACt1V1t1CS On the tomb of Father Flanagan IS the mscnphon Father Flanagan Founder of Boys Town Lover of God and Man No more perfect epxtaph could have been chosen How well they go together' Boys Town IS a memonal of thus phxlosophy of Love which was Father Flanagans Would there be a Boys Town today rf Father Flanagan dld not really love? lt IS thas very same philosophy that the pnests mlms ters and rabbls endeavor to lnstlll ln the boys by means of rellglon classes and of course opportumtles to worsh1p As 1n all courses of study the boys get both the theoretxcal and the practncal the theoretical bemg thelr work ln the classroom whlle the practncal rs the opportunities to worship God ln their churches and ln the synagogue and nn thexr daily assocxatxons wnth their fellow boys The Catholic and Protestant boys have classes m their respective rehgxons twlce On Sunday Tuesday and Thursday mormngs and on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings the Protestants and Catholics have services ln thelr respectlve churches Chrxstmas and Easter are the two most important davs of the Chrlstlan year at Boys Town To really expenence a unnque Chrnstmas one must spend xt at Boys Town Happllv Chrxstmas does not last but one day rather for twelve days begmmng wlth Mad night Mass and Mid night servlces on Chrlstmas Eve and endmg twelve days later This penod of twelve days ns known to all Boys Town boys as Twelfth Nxght The boys cannot fall to benefit m later hfe from the many opportunmes that are gnven them here at Boys Town to grow m God s grace U I O O I . . . . ,, 1 9 - 7, ' , . . , V . 7 . ' a week in the high school, while the Jewish boys go into Omaha one day a week. 9 9 . . 1 , . g A 1 0. . . I U ' GG I Q, . . , 'Tina 1 1 'i 5 e

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