Discussion guide to Gregory Boyle's “Barking to the Choir,” the sequel to his bestselling 'Tattoos on the Heart.'
Father Gregory Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries, has told stories about his experiences with L.A.’s gang members in sermons, speaking engagements and in two nonfiction books.
His latest book, “Barking to the Choir,” is a collection of anecdotes about his daily interactions with the men and women who come to Homeboy for counseling, classes, tattoo removal and shifts at its bakery operation. “Barking to the Choir,” aA Jesuit priest and former pastor in one of L.A.’s poorest parishes, Boyle mixes his observations about faith and compassion with inspiration
gained from Walt Whitman, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rumi, as well as the ex-gang members and inmates he meets daily. He writes tender stories about what suffering and second chances can do to a person, often with a humorous twist.Boyle describes Homeboy IndustriesBoyle began working with gang members
three decades ago after becoming pastor at Dolores Mission Church in East Los Angeles and later founded Homeboy Industries, now located on the edge of Chinatown and downtown. In “Barking to the Choir,” he shares the personal stories of “homies” who drop by his office for counseling, write to him from jail, sign up for job training and other programs.
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