'I wanted to ask about the miracle that visited Homeboy days ago, when the $2.5-million Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Award rained down on the nonprofit — which has had its share of financial struggles over the years — like manna from heaven.'
Father Greg Boyle, the local saint of unconditional compassion, has been unceremoniously booted out of his office at Homeboy Industries and relegated to the parking lot.
I wanted to ask about the miracle that visited Homeboy several days ago, when the $2.5-million Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Award rained down on the nonprofit — which has had its share of financial struggles in the past — like manna from heaven. The latter voice sends him home, and home is here, on North Spring, just across the street from Chinatown.“It’s nice,” said Boyle. “But I miss the action inside.”On the inside, Boyle’s office is like a goldfish bowl, and he can watch as employees, volunteers, trainees and tour groups come and go daily, visiting the café and the store or traipsing through the lobby on the way to tattoo removal, drug testing or rehab counseling.
“Junior, come here,” he told a young guy. “Here’s the thing, son, I want you to show up Wednesday morning, right here. I want to be here when you start.”He knows everybody, remarkably, even those who got out of jail 10 years ago, signed up for the program but disappeared a month later, and now stand at the door again.As we talked, Joseph, 33, came into the tent, displaying his shirt, which has the name of his new employer on it.
Now here he was telling Boyle that his 9-year-old is doing well and that he can’t wait to start his new job.In normal times, Boyle is on the road more than a trucker. He packs a bag and takes homies with him on speaking tours, or to put a face to the characters in his acclaimed books — “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” and “Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.
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