April Program Agenda

Fr. Gregory Boyle – best known as Fr. Greg by all who meet him -- was born in Los Angeles, one of eight children. His father, a third-generation Irish-American, worked in the family-owned dairy in Los Angeles County and his mother worked to keep track of her large family. As a youth, Fr. Greg and several of his siblings worked side by side with their father in the dairy. After graduating from Loyola High School in Los Angeles in 1972, he decided to become a Jesuit and was ordained a priest in 1984

Refer to his website for further info: www.Homeboy-Industries.org.

Overview
Father Greg speaks to his decades of experience as a priest working in Boyle Heights, one of the poorest communities in Los Angeles, with the largest concentration of gangs in the city.  He shares stories of many of the young people he's worked with over the years, who in most cases have been traumatized by child abuse or neglect, or have been witnesses to domestic violence, and carry the scars of all this far into adulthood.  He illuminates how these youth seek alternative "families" in order to escape the lack of nurturing at home, and how by offering hope and unconditional love, these young people can grow into confident, productive adults and citizens.