| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xv, 217 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction: Delores Mission and Homeboy Industries -- God, I guess -- Dis-grace -- Compassion -- Water, oil, flame -- Slow work -- Jurisdiction -- Gladness -- Success -- Kinship -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
In this artful, disquieting, yet surprisingly jubilant memoir, Jesuit priest Boyle recounts his two decades of working with homies in Los Angeles County, which contains 1,100 gangs with nearly 86,000 members. Boyle's Homeboy Industries is the largest gang intervention program in the country, offering job training, tattoo removal, and employment to members of enemy gangs... Considering that he has buried more than 150 young people from gang-related violence, the joyful tenor of the book remains an astounding literary and spiritual feat. |
| Subject |
Christian life -- Anecdotes.
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Church work.
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Church work with juvenile delinquents -- California -- East Los Angeles.
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Church work with juvenile delinquents -- Catholic Church.
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Boyle, Greg.
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| ISBN |
9781439153024 |
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1439153027 |
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