NEW LOCATION: Callahan Theater
The William H. Shannon Chair in Catholic Studies Presents Gregory J. Boyle, S. J.
Jesuit priest, author, speaker, and world-renowned expert in gang intervention, Gregory J. Boyle is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California. From 1986 to 1992, Fr. Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, then the poorest Catholic parish in the city, located between two large public housing projects and the territories of numerous gangs. There he and parish and community members started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, now the largest, most successful gang intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world. Homeboy trains and employs former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to more than 10,000 people who walk through its doors every year seeking a better life.
Father G and the Homeboys, a documentary about Boyle's transformative work with tough gang members, will be shown on campus twice in February. Boyle is giving two different talks on campus in March. See more about the Boyle events at Nazareth.
Dr. Christine Bochen, cbochen4@naz.edu, 585-389-2728