Father Gregory "Greg" Joseph Boyle (born May 19, 1954 ) is an American Jesuit priest. He is the founder and Director of Homeboy Industries and former pastor of Dolores Mission Church. Read full biography of Greg Boyle →
The business of second chances is everybody's business.
The desire of God's heart is immeasurably larger than our imaginations can conjure.
The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.
The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is.
The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.
We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.
Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.
Businesses have come and gone at Homeboy Industries. We have had starts and stops, but anything worth doing is worth failing at. We started Homeboy... →
Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with the 'demonized' so that the demonizing will stop; it stands with the 'disposable' so that... →
I know two L.A.s. Half my life was around the house my folks had for 46 years at 3rd and Norton. The other half was in Boyle Heights on the Eastside... →
The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a... →
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... →
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... →
Father Gregory "Greg" Joseph Boyle (born May 19, 1954 ) is an American Jesuit priest. He is the founder and Director of Homeboy Industries and former pastor of Dolores Mission Church.