Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ - The Whole Language Talk 3 | An Audio Retreat
The Whole Language Retreat | Talk 3Over the course of eight 20-30 minute retreat talks with a ninth bonus homily, Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ explores the power that language has on our relationships with each other and our relationship with God. Fr. Boyle's insights are drawn from his decades long experience working with gang members in LA's poorest neighborhoods. You will laugh, you will cry and you will grow closer to God through these retreat talks and the bonus homily offered at the end. Previous TalksScheduleWe will send one talk per week on Thursdays for the next 9 weeks. Listen to the Introduction and Talk 1 below. Who is Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ?A native Angeleno and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Fr. Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Fr. Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so-called “decade of death” that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related killings in 1992. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he and parish and community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings. In 1988 they started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women who walk through its doors every year seeking a better life. Fr. Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. His new book, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship, was published in 2017. He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. In 2014, President Obama named Fr. Boyle a Champion of Change. He received the University of Notre Dame’s 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. Don't want to receive these weekly audio retreat emails?Click here and we will take you off the list to receive these weekly retreat talks. Available on BandcampThis audio retreat is also available as an album on our Bandcamp page. Learn more. DonationsThank you for being a part of our community of faith. To support Heart to Heart with a monetary donation, visit our donation page. |
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