Father Greg Boyle Church
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Father greg boyle church. Gregory joseph boyle s j born may 19 1954 is an american roman catholic priest of the jesuit order. Don t miss this event. We re excited to welcome father greg boyle to canterbury on tuesday january 14. A jesuit priest boyle began working with gang members 31 years ago as pastor of dolores mission church in east los angeles.
In lieu of a physical ticket attendees will check in with the name registered when tickets are purchased. Father boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so called decade of death that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1 000 gang related killings in 1992. Long garcĂa april 04 2019 greg boyle s j prays over attendee before speaking at loyola. Boyle s various speaking engagements with catholic institutions including a 2013 appearance at catholic charities as well as the archdiocese of los angeles.
Church militant has reported on fr. Father boyle a very popular figure for his work with the poor is nonetheless a dissident priest who ridicules catholic church teaching on issues touching same sex marriage and women priests. Faith dispatches father greg boyle s solution to an unjust criminal justice system. He initially worked on finding employment opportunities in an enterprise.
He is the founder and director of homeboy industries the world s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program and former pastor of dolores mission church in los angeles. Back then father greg was the pastor of dolores mission church which was los angeles most impoverished catholic parish. Come to my tent the. Gang activity was rampant all around them but even so father greg saw potential in all the people he met.
A native angeleno and jesuit priest from 1986 to 1992 father boyle served as pastor of dolores mission church in boyle heights then the poorest catholic parish in los angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city.