Greg Boyle
Greg Boyle
Gregory "Greg" Joseph Boyleis an American Jesuit priest. He is the founder and Director of Homeboy Industries and former pastor of Dolores Mission Church...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 May 1954
CountryUnited States of America
business
The business of second chances is everybody's business.
businesses failing gang gone members people starts worth
Businesses have come and gone at Homeboy Industries. We have had starts and stops, but anything worth doing is worth failing at. We started Homeboy Plumbing. That didn't go so well. Who knew? People didn't want gang members in their homes. I just didn't see that coming.
capital complex gangs los members
In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma.
folks half heights life
I know two L.A.s. Half my life was around the house my folks had for 46 years at 3rd and Norton. The other half was in Boyle Heights on the Eastside, working with gang members.
mistaken
I'm the priest who has been mistaken for an ATM machine.
hero
Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story.
change knows people
Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.
god ours
Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to?
politics
All politics are local, and so in church.
I think not everything that works helps, and not everything that helps works.
delight fill paying
If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it.
demonize ought
We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.
You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done.
join
I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang.