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
industries people stands throwing
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.
joy poor
The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is.
people rather
People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense.
arms god outside somehow
The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips.
detention facilities god people
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.
dumbest employers
Most employers just aren't willing to look beyond the dumbest or worst thing someone has done.
below program rather
I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive.
gets given latino
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.
hero
Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story.
politics
All politics are local, and so in church.
change knows people
Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.
business
The business of second chances is everybody's business.
god ours
Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to?
demonize ought
We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.