Visiting Boys Town… Where A World Of Care For Troubled Youngsters Rose On Nebraska Plains
By DEXTER DUGGAN By DEXTER DUGGAN OMAHA — An Irish-born priest in Phoenix once recalled that when he and a young friend from the seminary in the Emerald Isle were told they were being assigned to Arizona, they got out a map. One of them was being sent to Phoenix, the other young priest to Tucson.The two cities didn’t look far apart. The priests decided that on their days off, one of them could bike over to visit the other. They hadn’t noticed the scale of mileage on the map. Phoenix and Tucson are about 116 miles apart, hardly a distance for a morning’s quick bike ride, especially on a summer desert day.Following God’s will can bring surprises, as also…Continue Reading