Gregory Boyle is an American Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world. In 2024, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor. He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. He received the University of Notre Dame's 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. He is the acclaimed author of Tattoos on the Heart, Barking to the Choir, and The Whole Language. Cherished Belonging is his fourth book, and he will be donating all net proceeds to Homeboy Industries. Visit the author at HomeboyIndustries.org.
"Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and
contemporary spirituality." --"The Los Angeles Times"
"Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and
contemporary spirituality." --"The Los Angeles Times"
"A spiritual masterpiece touching the innermost sanctum of the
human soul. Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and
fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the
heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone,
inspires. I laughed, wept, and underlined on virtually every page."
--KERRY KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE RFK CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN
RIGHTS
"Father Boyle reminds us all that every single child and youth is a
part of God's 'jurisdiction'--and when they know that we are seeing
them as God does, they are capable of great things. Father Boyle is
a national treasure." --MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT,
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
"Sometimes we are allowed to see in our own lifetimes what we were
supposed to see in the life and ministry of Jesus. Read, and let
your life be changed!" --FATHER RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M., CENTER FOR
ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
"Tattoos on the Heart is an astounding book and a remarkable
testament. No one brings more triumph and tragedy to the street
gang story than Greg Boyle. No one brings more conviction and
compassion than Greg Boyle. And no one writes the gang story more
beautifully." --MALCOLM KLEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
“Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and
contemporary spirituality.” —"The Los Angeles Times "
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