A Ministry of Presence. Arthur Jones.
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 80Institutions. Publisher: National Catholic Reporter, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Church work with juvenile delinquents | Clergy | Juvenile delinquents -- Services for | Juvenile detention | Los Angeles (Calif.)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "The 12-year-old boy stood at the altar in the prison chapel during the Mass. Sorrowfully, though steadily, he talked about how he had screwed up and what it had done to his mom. He had been incarcerated for two weeks. This was Sunday. His mom would come to visit him. Not everyone gives this sort of testimony so evenly. A few weeks earlier 14-year-old Dion broke down and cried as he talked. Because his mother never comes. Week in, week out, Jesuit Frs. Mike Kennedy and Greg Boyle generally alternate as celebrants at the 10 a.m. Mass at downtown Los Angeles Juvenile Hall. Kennedy is pastor of Dolores Mission, a beacon of hope and refuge in tough Boyle Heights. Boyle is founder of Homeboy Industries, a 'jobs for the future' program for gang members, at-risk youths and those recently released from detention." (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER) This article profiles the juvenile detention ministry in Los Angeles.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Ministry of Presence, May 28, 2004; pp. n.p..
"The 12-year-old boy stood at the altar in the prison chapel during the Mass. Sorrowfully, though steadily, he talked about how he had screwed up and what it had done to his mom. He had been incarcerated for two weeks. This was Sunday. His mom would come to visit him. Not everyone gives this sort of testimony so evenly. A few weeks earlier 14-year-old Dion broke down and cried as he talked. Because his mother never comes. Week in, week out, Jesuit Frs. Mike Kennedy and Greg Boyle generally alternate as celebrants at the 10 a.m. Mass at downtown Los Angeles Juvenile Hall. Kennedy is pastor of Dolores Mission, a beacon of hope and refuge in tough Boyle Heights. Boyle is founder of Homeboy Industries, a 'jobs for the future' program for gang members, at-risk youths and those recently released from detention." (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER) This article profiles the juvenile detention ministry in Los Angeles.
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