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
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My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.
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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.
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Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with the 'demonized' so that the demonizing will stop; it stands with the 'disposable' so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away.
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Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one.
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People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem.
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I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.
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Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.
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People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense.
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Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to?
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Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story.
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Most employers just aren't willing to look beyond the dumbest or worst thing someone has done.
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W a gang member, and especially in a Latino gang, gets jumped in, and then he's given a name, and he has that name forever, but it's not so much the name as being called by name.
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The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips.
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I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.'