Comments on: Fr. Greg Boyle, Homeboy…and the ‘No Matter What-ness’ Factor

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Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:46:55 +0000

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By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:27:59 +0000

I attended Fr. Greg’s book signing in Glendora. It was wonderful to have seen him again. There were many people there who donated, Thanks be to God. I bought 2 of his books. Very good and enlightening reading.
God Bless you Fr. Greg and all those whom you help.

By: Gina Montes

Gina Montes — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:10:48 +0000

My tears are flowing, my heart, love and compassion go out to Jessica and all our homies who have endured abuse. Please know that you are loved and i admire your strengh. Last night i finished Fr. Gregg’s book, “Tattoos of the Heart” great book, very good reading.
I’ve got to get back to Prison Ministry at EastLake JH.
How i miss it. God Bless you dear Fr. Gregg and God Bless and protect all the homies, your doing great!
love you,
gina

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Bookmarks for May 31st through June 4th 2010 – paulbailey.us (beta) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:12:30 +0000

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By: WTF

WTF — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:56:00 +0000

Gava Joe,
Your words are evocative, but imagine if the Westside Jewish Community were to donate to Homeboy Industries and use the “Divide And Conquer” technique to convert some Catholics. The bigots among the L.A. Eastside Catholics may even be silenced for a while. The term gentrification is often used by xenophobic nativists who don’t want diversity in their own neighborhood, but want to everyone else to diversify.

The Westside Jewish community should use this opportunity to educate and perhaps convert others. I don’t read much about street gangs in Jewish neighborhoods so they must be doing something right.

By: Gava Joe

Gava Joe — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:10:57 +0000

Good point, SF. Wouldn’t it be a great gesture and a PR coup to boot if the Catholic Church plopped down $5M with no questions or caveats? They would actually show support for one of their very own emmisaries and his good works along with proactively helping to turn around the results of child abuse, neglect, etc.

What a marvelous epiphany! Imagine all the church bells in the LA area simultaneously ringing this Sunday morning and the loyal parishioners notified by their pastor from his pulpit that Rome had decreed that Fr. Boyle’s program had been reinstated in full? I’d guess that the offerings for that very Sunday would recoup the original investment, not to mention the great PR for us non-believers.

By: Sure Fire

Sure Fire — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:06:05 +0000

http://www.ehow.com/about_5574495_gang-prevention-grants.html

Does Homeboys get fed assistance? Would they be eligible for a Faith Based Grant?

By: Celeste Fremon

Celeste Fremon — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:46:35 +0000

Thanks so much for the heads up on the RSS feed. I’ll alert my tech.

By: site problems

site problems — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:33:29 +0000

Thank you for your continuing coverage of the situation at Homeboy, Celeste. I’d like to follow along closely, but your RSS feed seems to be broken. Any chance that you can fix it?

By: RabidinL.A.

RabidinL.A. — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:46:52 +0000

Your words speak volumes, don quixote, but even louder are the actions of Father Greg Boyle. I have a profound loathing of gangs and this is the first true hope I have encountered. Although I don’t like to attach religion to anything, it is universally humanitarian and apparently successful. Thank you, Father Boyle, You homeboys and homegirls, and WitnessLA. Peace with oneself brings peace to all.