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Greg Boyle
Memoir & Personal Growth
Greg Boyle is an American Jesuit priest whose work with Los Angeles gangs informs his writing about kinship and the sacredness of life.
Biography
Gregory Joseph Boyle, born May 19, 1954, is an American Jesuit priest and the founder and director of Homeboy Industries. He previously served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries is described as the world's largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program.
Boyle's work with gangs provides the material for Tattoos on the Heart, published in 2010. The collection uses parables to explore kinship and the sacredness of life. According to the book description, Homeboy Industries had served members of more than half of the gangs in Los Angeles.
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Books by Greg Boyle
Tattoos on the heart
Tattoos on the Heart is a collection of parables drawn from Boyle's years of working with gangs. It explores kinship and the sacredness of life.