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Father Boyle honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

Father Boyle honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

| May 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

By Suzan Filipek Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries, a Windsor Square native, has been honored with the nation’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Boyle, a Jesuit Catholic priest, was among 19 recipients saluted May 3 at the White House by President Biden. The White House credited Boyle — founder of the […]

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Participate in a Summer Soiree on Anderson Munger YMCA rooftop

Participate in a Summer Soiree on Anderson Munger YMCA rooftop

| July 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

Enjoy dinner and a fundraiser for a very good cause at the Anderson Munger Family YMCA on Fri., Aug. 18, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The Summer Soiree will take place on the rooftop at the YMCA, 4301 W. Third St. “It has a great view of the city,” YMCA Board Member Patricia Carroll told […]

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Father Gregory Boyle signed latest tome at Chevalier’s Books

Father Gregory Boyle signed latest tome at Chevalier’s Books

| June 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

Discussing his latest book “The Whole Language,” Father Gregory Boyle related to an audience at Chevalier’s Books the power of tenderness. The talk and book signing event took place on May 26. The book, his third and now available in paperback, is for sale at the store and elsewhere. Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J. is […]

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Fr. Boyle’s human approach to gang members has paid off

Fr. Boyle’s human approach to gang members has paid off

| September 2, 2020 | 1 Comment

Before he became the face of the inspirational gang-intervention program Homeboy Industries, Fr. Greg Boyle was a local. He grew up in a family of eight children on Norton Avenue in Windsor Square. He recalls that, before his 92-year-old mother died a few years ago, she was surrounded by her children. She was ready to […]

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Father Greg Boyle returned to Chevalier’s

Father Greg Boyle returned to Chevalier’s

| January 25, 2018 | 0 Comments

“When I was a youngster living in the neighborhood, I often came to Chevalier’s and always was amazed that it was such a big bookstore,” said the Rev. Gregory Boyle, emphasizing the word “big.” His point was that he was little then, a point well received by one of the largest audiences to attend an […]

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Book talks of lessons in kinship, compassion

Book talks of lessons in kinship, compassion

| November 30, 2017 | 0 Comments

“Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship,” by Rev. Gregory Boyle, who grew up in Windsor Square and attended Loyola High School, was released last month by Simon & Schuster. A collection of stories, ideas and parables based on Boyle’s 30 years of working with gangbangers, or “homies,” and their families, “Barking to […]

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