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by Gregory Boyle

Father Boyle started Homeboy Industries nearly 20 years ago, which has served members of more than half of the gangs in Los Angeles. This collection presents parables about kinship and the sacredness of life drawn from Boyle's years working with gangs.


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Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality ( Los Angeles Times ) Tattoos on the Heart is a series of parables about kinship and redemption from pastor, activist, and renowned speaker, Father Gregory Boylenow in paperback.

For twenty years, Father Gregory Boyle has run Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angelesalso known as the gang capital of the world. In Tattoos on the Heart, he has distilled his experience working in the ghetto into a breathtaking series of parables inspired by faith.

From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JC Penney fresh out of prison, we learn how to feel worthy of Gods love. From ten-year-old Pipi we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Lulu we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkas Father Boyle phrases it, we can only shine a flashlight on a light switch in a darkened room.

This is a motivating look at how to stay faithful in spite of failure, how to meet the world with a loving heart, and how to conquer shame with boundless, restorative love.

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  • Title Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
  • Author Gregory Boyle
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 60840th
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011-02-22
  • ISBN 9781439153154 / 1439153159
  • Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Christian life, Boyle, Greg
  • Dewey Decimal Code 277.949

About the author

Gregory Boyle is an American Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. In 2014, the White House named Boyle a Champion of Change. He received the University of Notre Dame's 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. He is the acclaimed author of Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir. The Whole Language is his third book, and he will be donating all net proceeds to Homeboy Industries.
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