Guest Tom Lynch, March 31, 2025 (#186)

"He ain't heavy, Father...he's m' brother." Time travel with us as Thomas Lynch, Director of Community Programs, Boys Town, a village within Omaha, NE, shares the association of those words with Father Edward Flanagan's dream to nurture boys ages 9-18 who nobody wanted.

In the 1950s, did you lick the backs of hundreds of Boys Town Christmas seals and then gently place them on the envelopes of your family's Christmas cards? Here is the story behind those Christmas seals.

The 108-year-old story of Boys Town is rich in compassion for adolescents who needed another chance. Keep the tissues handy. You might need them!

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