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The church began as a mission in St. Mary's parish in 1925 and in 1945 moved to its present site, renamed “The Mission of Nuestra Senora de los Dolores". In 1946, the Canonnesses of St. Augustine (later named the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) came from Belgium to open the first Catholic school in the neighborhood in 1952.
At the conclusion of his theology studies, Boyle spent a year living and working with Christian base communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia. [4] Upon his return in 1986, he was appointed pastor of Dolores Mission Church, a Jesuit parish in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles that was then the poorest Catholic church in the city. [5]
Church name Image Address Community; All Saints [3]: 3431 Portola Ave. Los Angeles – El Sereno Assumption [4]: 2832 Blanchard St. Los Angeles – Boyle Heights Dolores Mission [5]: 171 Ss Gless St.
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Father Greg Boyle, founder of the Homeboy gang member redirection program, marks 50 years of service.
Homeboy Industries began in 1988 as a job training program (called Jobs for a Future) [1] out of Dolores Mission Parish in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, US.It was created by then-pastor Greg Boyle to offer an alternative to gang life for high-risk youth, who were living in a city (Los Angeles) with the highest concentration of gang activity in the country. [10]
A reconstruction of the original mission was completed in 1949, which served as a parish church and museum. Mission San Francisco de Asís: 1776 San Francisco: Also known as Mission Dolores. Serves as a parish church. Mission San José: 1797
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