Join us for a meaningful afternoon of connection, inspiration, and compassion at our special fundraiser featuring Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and bestselling author of

Tattoos on the Heart, Cherished Belonging, and more.

Enjoy an elegant high-tea service with hearty hors d’oeuvres
Bid on unique treasures in our exciting silent auction
Hear an unforgettable and powerful talk from Father Boyle himself, sharing stories of kinship, redemption, and radical love

General Admission: $55 (parking included)

Priority Seating and parking: $75

About Father Greg Boyle:

Father Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest
gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.
Born and raised in Los Angeles and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Fr. Boyle served as
pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights. Dolores Mission was the poorest
Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in
the city.

Fr. Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the
so-called “decade of death” that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related
killings in 1992. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of
suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he and parish and
community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang
members as human beings.

In 1988 they started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs
and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical
services to thousands of individuals who walk through its doors every year seeking a better
life.

Fr. Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The
Power of Boundless Compassion. His second book, Barking to the Choir: The Power of
Radical Kinship, was published in 2017. And his new and third book is The Whole
Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness that recently debuted in Fall of 2021.
He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of
Fame. In 2014, President Obama named Fr. Boyle a Champion of Change. He received
the University of Notre Dame’s 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American
Catholics. Homeboy Industries was the recipient of the 2020 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
validating 32 years of Fr. Greg Boyle’s vision and work by the organization for over three
decades.

All proceeds benefit our food bank, hot meals, and other programs.

Visit www.christianoutreachinaction to learn more

Author's Tea with Father Boyle

By CHRISTIAN OUTREACH IN ACTION

Author's Tea with Father Boyle

An Uplifting Afternoon with the Legendary Father Greg Boyle

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