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Father Greg Boyle, founder of the Homeboy gang member redirection program, marks 50 years of service.

BonaResponds members stand on their newly built ramp / Photo courtesy of Jim Mahar  BY MARNIQUE OLIVIERI-PANEPENTO, STAFF WRITER BonaResponds’ mission is clear: to help those in need and to bring people together. The student-run group and nonprofit organization at St. Bonaventure University is open to any person who wants to help and provide services to…

[Episcopal News Service] A partnership involving an upstate New York church’s initiative and a nonprofit mental health association to help people suffering fr

DENVER (CNS) -- Society now has a better understanding of the need to reach out to gangs and gang members, said Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, who has ministered to gang youth in Los Angeles for decades. 'I don't think we'd ever go back to that period where so many people have demonized gang members so thoroughly. ... We're kind of not there anymore. I think people understand outreach like that,' Father Boyle said Sept. 9 to an audience at Jesuit-run Regis University in Denver. Although he has noti

Last week, the First Lady spoke with individuals from the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world