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Finding Mercy in Impossible Times (Father Gregory Boyle)

Listen now (43 mins) | "I think it's the only thing that can actually dispel fear and part of the thing too is, is it effective? Are we successful? Well then we're not called..."

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Elise Loehnen
Dec 19, 2024
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Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries. It’s a massive—and beautiful—gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program here in LA, where Father Boyle is from.

Today, Father Boyle is sharing what he’s learned since starting Homeboy in the lat…

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