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Gregory Boyle
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Gregory Boyle

Father Gregory Boyle was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1982. He received his Master of Divinity from the Weston School of Theology; and a Sacred Theology Masters degree from the Jesuit School of Theology. In 1988, Father Boyle began what would become Homeboy Industries, now located in downtown Los Angeles. Fr. Greg received the California Peace Prize, the “Humanitarian of the Year” Award from Bon Appétit; the Caring Institute’s 2007 Most Caring People Award; and received the 2008 Civic Medal of Honor from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Since 1986, Father Gregory has been the pastor of Dolores Mission in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los... Read full bio

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Tattoos on the Heart will be released on February 22, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Feb 22, 2011
Tattoos on the Heart is now available in Trade Paperback
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Altadena Patch, April 8, 2012
...Email Share Tweet Altadena Senior Center, 560 E Mariposa St, Altadena, CA | Get Directions » FREE Father Gregory Boyle, author of the inspirational memoir Tattoos on the Heart: the Power of Boundless Compassion, will speak at a program presented by...
Individual.com, March 13, 2012
...(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) The Rev. Gregory Boyle, author of "Tattoos on the Heart," will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Camarillo Community Center, 1605 E. Burnley St. Boyle is founder and executive director...
University of Redlands, March 5, 2012
...Founder of anti-gang effort to visit Redlands Nationally renowned anti-gang advocate Fr. Gregory Boyle will be the featured speaker at 7 p.m. on March 6 in the Memorial Chapel.  Boyle, a Los Angeles native, has been an advocate for at-risk and...
The Advocate, March 3, 2012
...Free Press, $14 paperback The Rev. Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles gang-intervention program that takes gang members — “homies” — and gives them an opportunity to do something constructive and nonviolent...
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 23, 2012
...discussion, which seeks to break barriers between religious faiths. Participants, including IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous, the Rev. Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries, Muslim Public Affairs Council President Salam al-Marayati, Fuller Theological Seminary...
Minnesota Public Radio, February 3, 2012
...in the Minnesota Legislature. Second hour: As a Jesuit priest in a gang-ridden neighborhood in Los Angeles, Father Gregory Boyle has seen the connection between dim employment prospects and the lure of gang life. The jobs program he created offers youth...
Ventura County Reporter, January 26, 2012
...around. “I made a commitment to be there for my daughter, to be present,” he said. When Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, met him, he told Lopez that he was right where he needed to be. But this wasn’t a chance meeting — Lopez...
Culver City Patch, March 2, 2012
...Rodriquez for years of community support through education and various events.   Our special guest will be Father Gregory Boyle founder of Homeboys Industries the program that has kept thousands of young people from the life as a gang member. ...
Huffington Post, February 27, 2012
...prepare their 38-ingredient mole recipe, is not to take anything personally. Chef Pati used to volunteer at Father Gregory Boyle's parish in East L.A.'s gang-riddled Dolores Mission neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Father Greg started Homeboy Industries in...
Huffington Post, February 27, 2012
...prepare their 38-ingredient mole recipe, is not to take anything personally. Chef Pati used to volunteer at Father Gregory Boyle's parish in East L.A.'s gang-riddled Dolores Mission neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Father Greg started Homeboy Industries...
Huffington Post, February 27, 2012
...prepare their 38-ingredient mole recipe, is not to take anything personally. Chef Pati used to volunteer at Father Gregory Boyle's parish in East L.A.'s gang-riddled Dolores Mission neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Father Greg started Homeboy Industries in...
Pasadena Weekly, February 23, 2012
...the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will feature discussions from Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries and California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye as well as many others. Throughout the class, CIS students will be asked to...
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 23, 2012
...discussion, which seeks to break barriers between religious faiths. Participants, including IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous, the Rev. Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries, Muslim Public Affairs Council President Salam al-Marayati, Fuller Theological Seminary...
Chicago Daily Herald, February 16, 2012
...from Raul Briseno and Raul wouldn?t give it up,? Combs said in his opening argument. Defense attorney Gregory Boyle argued that Houghtaling?s testimony was not only ?unreliable,? but there was no DNA, fingerprints or gun to tie Smith to the scene. Boyle...