Ins Herz tätowiert

Thirty years ago, Jesuit Father Gregory Boyle came to Boyle Heights as a priest, a neighborhood in Los Angeles that already had the highest gang density in the entire USA at that time. To counteract despair and hopelessness, he founded the social enterprise Homeboy Industries in the late 1980s, which is now visited monthly by over 1,000 people and helps about 300 former gang members reintegrate into the workforce each year. Let yourself be touched by Father Gregory's collection of experiences in this ghetto of poverty and violence! Embedded in a deep, reflective faith, "Father G" - as the homies affectionately call him - shares moving encounters with the people there, which read like spiritual parables about hope, generosity, grief, and unwavering compassion. Tattooed on the heart.