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Saint Los Angeles of the May 2013 Hood: with homeboy industries, father Gregory Boyle has turned the nation's gang capital into an unlikely place of redemption. Behind one of L.A.'s great stories of moral uplift lies a 25-year struggle between a priest's unlimited compassion and a city's harshest realities

Authors :
Leibowitz, Ed
Source :
Los Angeles Magazine. May, 2013, Vol. 58 Issue 5, p102, 10 p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

THE WALLS OF Father Gregory Boyle's office at Homeboy Industries are encrusted with family photos. Somewhere there's a snapshot of his 88-year-old mother, Kay, though she's all but lost among [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15229149
Volume :
58
Issue :
5
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Los Angeles Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.329303339