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100 _aJones, Arthur,
245 2 _aA Ministry of Presence.
_cArthur Jones.
260 _bNational Catholic Reporter,
_c2004.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
_nArticle 80,
_pInstitutions,
_x1522-3256;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500 _aOriginally Published: A Ministry of Presence, May 28, 2004; pp. n.p..
520 _a"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.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aChurch work with juvenile delinquents
650 _aClergy
650 _aJuvenile delinquents
_xServices for
650 _aJuvenile detention
651 _aLos Angeles (Calif.)
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005,
_pInstitutions.
_x1522-3256;
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