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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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 think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive.
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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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Most employers just aren't willing to look beyond the dumbest or worst thing someone has done.
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People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense.
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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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We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.
You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done.
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I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang.
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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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We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time.
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You don't really get Jesus saying very often there'll be pie in the sky when you die. He's really talking about now and today, and it's supposed to be like that. You're supposed to delight in what's right in front of you.
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Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.
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At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light.