OFFICIAL. Founder of @HomeboyInd. Author. Speaker. Jesuit priest. Authored Tweets Signed -G. To support, visit: HomeboyIndustries.org/donate
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We are excited to share that Homeboy Industries has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Hilton Humanitarian Prize! With this funding we will have the ability to expand our programs and develop new ones. Thank you and let’s continue changing the world! #HiltonPrize #Kinship
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Tenderness is the highest form of spiritual maturity. All parents know that your kids will soon forget what you told them… but they will always remember how you made them feel.
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May 2019 be many-times blessed, for all of you, in a depth of worth and tenderness.
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Grateful to celebrate another birthday, albeit on "house arrest," as the homies call it. Your messages are full of tenderness that fills the space between us and makes us all feel closer today. Thank you!
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We choose to stand with the ‘disposable’ so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away. #WednesdayWisdom
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Such an honor to sit with Terry Gross on @nprfreshair today to talk about my passion for the brave men and women who visit Homeboy @HomeboyInd every day.
Listen: Priest Responds To Gang Members' 'Lethal Absence Of Hope' With Jobs, And Love @FrGregBoyle n.pr/2mmmsYw
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Kicking off our 10th Annual #Homeboy5K this morning. Thank you to everyone for your support! It makes a real difference.
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Today, may we choose to ventilate the world with tenderness and a thankful spirit. Best wishes and Happy Thanksgiving. bit.ly/FatherGThanks
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But in your darkest place, or in what you believe is your most hidden hideousness—even there, God is dwelling. #MondayMotivation
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"This time is not about sin and giving stuff up. It’s about giving into the tenderness of God who has only one message, and that is to look at you with breathless delight and say, ‘You’re here.’"
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God doesn't have enemies; God has children. #TuesdayThoughts
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In receiving people and listening to their stories, we enter into the exquisite mutuality that unites us all.
I am looking forward to sharing these stories with you. #NationalAuthorsDay
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"We must try and learn to drop the burden of our own judgments, reconciling that what the mind wants to separate, the heart should bring together... Judgment, after all, takes up the room you need for loving." #MotivationalMonday
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I share this honor with the men and women who choose to walk through Homeboy Industries' doors every day to change their lives.
Today, @FrGregBoyle received the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from @Princeton! princeton.edu/news/2018/06/0…
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Thank you to everyone for the birthday well wishes.
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Today, may the air of gratitude fill our hearts and may we delight in one another with a "no-matter-what-ness." Happy #Thanksgiving. bit.ly/FatherGregThanks
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Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. #TuesdayThoughts
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People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem. #ThursdayThoughts
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I’d like to share with you an open letter I signed along with theologians, intellectuals & pastors explaining why we must resist the New Nationalism. Please share.
commonwealmagazine.org/open-… via @commonwealmag
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In extraordinary times like these, we are all first responders. May we respond to one another with the kind of grace and tenderness that reflects the God we have.
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Honored to be included among these remarkable leaders Governor @GavinNewsom has appointed to ensure all Californians are included on the road to recovery.
We're so excited to share that @FrGregBoyle will be serving on Governor @GavinNewsom's newly formed Task Force on Business & Jobs Recovery, to chart a path forward to economic recovery in the wake of #COVID19. Learn more here: gov.ca.gov/2020/04/17/govern… @CAgovernor
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From our Homeboy Family to yours, Happy New Year.
We hope your holiday season has been filled to the brim with kinship and hope. There is still time to shine YOUR light this 2018 and give hope to thousands of men and women looking to transform their lives. Help us ring in 2019 strong and donate TODAY at bit.ly/HBIShineLight
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Excited to announce partnership w/ friend Shepard Fairey @OBEYGIANT who created a one-of-a-kind canvas piece titled "Radical Kinship" which is being auctioned this week! Bids close 4/7/18, 8:15pm (PST). All proceeds benefit @HomeboyInd. bit.ly/LoMaxAuction2018
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"Folks on the margins are used to being watched, but not used to being seen...It feels nice to be seen." #LoMaximo2017
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We believe only the soul that ventilates the world with tenderness has any chance of changing it. We belong to each other. #ThursdayThoughts
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It was an honor to be a part of this work.
We are so excited to announce @FrGregBoyle is a featured contributor in a new book from Pope Francis, "Sharing the Wisdom of Time"! #SharingWisdom from @loyolapress is released today!
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You are the light of the world. It is the truth of who you are, waiting only for you to discover it.
And so today... let's choose to be the light.
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“Homeboy will be anchored to standing with the disposable until the day we stop throwing people away.” Speaking LIVE at the launch event for @HomeboyRecycles. #ConnectToGood
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“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.” #MotivationalMonday
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Such an honor to sit with Christiane Amanpour to talk about just some of the remarkable men and women who have been our trustworthy guides to kinship. Thank you, @camanpour.
"We’ve evolved from being jobs-centered to healing-centric.. the 1st stop in anybody’s transformation is a safe place." We're thrilled to share this @CNNi / @PBS segment where @FrGregBoyle & @camanpour discussed how healing happens here. @AmanpourCoPBS cnn.com/videos/world/2020/01…
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“Comfort and joy. It is what’s promised in all ‘glad tidings.’ You find it in a safe place where a new birth can be breathlessly announced.” Read my full New Year’s Eve greeting: bit.ly/GoodTidings2019
Thank you for standing with Homeboy Industries in the final hours of 2019.
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Thank you @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor for standing with those whose dignity has been denied. #NoExecutionsCA
The death penalty has been an abject failure. It discriminates based on the color of your skin or how much money you make. It’s ineffective, irreversible, and immoral. It goes against the very values that we stand for — which is why CA is putting a stop to this failed system.
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"God is just too busy loving us to have any time left for disappointment.” #WednesdayWisdom
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"The wrong idea has taken root in the world: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives." #MotivationalMonday
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Enjoying the morning discussing my latest book, Barking to the Choir with @LATstevelopez at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. @latimesfob
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Grateful to have time spent with James Docherty (@Prev_Justice) and dear friends at @streetandarrow from Braveheart Industries in Glasgow, Scotland. Tenderness is the connective tissue between us all.
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It was my privilege to be a part of this project from my friend, @EdwardVidaurre. A beautifully vibrant and vital collection.
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Grateful to be at the Capitol today with Governor @GavinNewsom and @Janefonda, a dear friend and longtime supporter of Homeboy Industries' mission to return folks to the truth of who they are.
🗣️ "We need to move away from incarceration and into love and mental health and kinship."
When @Janefonda speaks – you listen. 📽️ Today, she visited the Capitol with @HomeboyInd to meet with Governor @GavinNewsom and discuss juvenile justice reform. #CaliforniaForAll
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Honored for Ann Patchett to recommend “Barking to the Choir” in her latest @nytimes piece.
Ann Patchett: Once I could see what I already had, and what actually mattered, I was left with a feeling that was somewhere between sickened and humbled. nyti.ms/2ChN5ku
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Happy to share this conversation with Erin Gruwell from @freedomwriters on how tenderness is the connective tissue between us all. Thank you, Erin and Sue, for visiting: soundcloud.com/user-62683430…
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Today, with the passing of the #FairChance Ordinance, we’ve begun to change the lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than others.
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An inspiring and tender read from @HomeboyInd Board Member, Alan Smolinisky: time.com/5691252/immigrants-…
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Looking forward to being a part of the discussion.
🗓️Upcoming Event!
Join us in conversation with @FrGregBoyle
as he shares the ways his beloved community of @HomeboyInd aspires to continue the work as an anti-racist organization & stand against the untruth of inferiority & supremacy of people.
Register: bit.ly/2DKye8w
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A friendship that dates back many years. Join @AniPemaChodron and I on June 23rd at UCLA for an evening of teachings exploring the power of kinship and how we can awaken courage and compassion amidst our greatest challenges! Get your tickets at bit.ly/PemaFatherG
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Thank you, friend. Looking forward to joining you all.
Always an honor to welcome @HomeboyInd founder @FrGregBoyle M.A. '85 to the bluff—friend, alum, pillar of #magis & true inspiration: bit.ly/2GRdtaF
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You can't be grateful unless you know what you have, & you can't take care of what you have unless you're grateful. #jobsnotjails
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It was my pleasure. Thank you for having me.
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#tbt to 1996, when I helped carry the Olympic Torch across LA for the Olympic Games. #ThrowbackThursday
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Honored to have been a part of this round table discussion with Vaishali Patil and Noluthando Honono yesterday at the @SJES_Rome Congress. Tenderness has the possibility to change the world. #SJES50years piped.video/CkusctDrd6Q via @YouTube
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“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a covenant between equals.”
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A tender piece. Thank you, @LATstevelopez. Excited to continue our conversation this Saturday at the @latimesfob.
Thank you @LATstevelopez for this touching read about Morning Meeting, @FrGregBoyle's stories, and just a few of the folks who make up our community of kinship. latimes.com/local/california… via @latimes
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It was a pleasure to sit with the great Gabriel Buelna (@gabriel_buelna) to speak about the challenges and unshakeable hope during this unprecedented time. Thank you, Gabriel. piped.video/qfuz9iI07oA via @YouTube
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Please join us tomorrow for the Homeboy 5K!
Our #Homeboy5K is tomorrow and you still have time to DOUBLE the impact of your donation today! We're excited to announce our match deadline has extended to midnight tonight. Every gift counts! Support TODAY at bit.ly/Homeboy5KMatch
Thanks for your support!
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Come join us at our Homeboy 5K! Register at Homeboy5K.org
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Hope is stronger, always. Thank you for standing with us. #GivingTuesdayNow
"Our aim has never been surviving of the fittest, but the thriving of the nurtured." - @FrGregBoyle
Thank you to everyone who has already joined our movement of hope today on #GivingTuesdayNow .
Stand with us with a gift of any amount here: bit.ly/HomeboyGTN
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It was an honor to spend an evening in conversation with an inspiration and dear friend. Thank you, @AniPemaChodron.
Happy to share this clip from last June's "On Cultivating Courage: An Evening with Pema Chödrön & Greg Boyle." You can watch the entirety of their conversation at bit.ly/CultivateCourage. Thank you @FrGregBoyle & @AniPemaChodron for sharing your wisdom with us! #ThrowbackThursday
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The #Homeboy5K & Festival takes place on October 22. Sign up at everyangelenocounts.org
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Thank you for joining our movement of radical kinship this #GivingTuesday.
TODAY is #GivingTuesday! Every gift to Homeboy Industries today supports brave men and women who want to heal and restore their lives. Be a part of the movement! Click to give 👉 bit.ly/HomeboyGivingTuesday2…
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Sound on! Hear an excerpt from the audiobook edition of my book "THE WHOLE LANGUAGE", read by yours truly from @SimonAudio. Download your audio copy today: bit.ly/TheWholeLanguageAudio
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"Ours is a God who waits. Who are we not to? It takes what it takes for the great turnaround. Wait for it."
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Jesus was not “a man for others”; he was one with them. There is a world of difference in that.
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This Lent, join me with a host of incredible writers from across the Ignatian network as we strive to turn our frustration into holy frustration, keeping our hearts open as we seek justice in our world.
Subscribe today: igsol.net/lent
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Hear an excerpt from the audiobook edition of #BarkingtotheChoir, read by yours truly via @SimonAudio: bit.ly/2znr5Vh
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Compassion isn't just about feeling the pain of others; it's about bringing them in toward yourself.
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"'Be compassionate as God is compassionate,' means the dismantling of barriers that exclude.”
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Liturgy and presentation at Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon this morning. @CCRams
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Great to honor such a good friend tonight at #LoMaximo2017 nitter.app/chef_keller/status/845…
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