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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]
Boyle Heights, California, United States. Coordinates. 34°02′52″N 118°13′40″W / 34.047829°N 118.227746°W / 34.047829; -118.227746. Completed. 1942. Owner. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Aliso Village was a housing project in Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1942 and demolished 1999.
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Boyle Heights, historically known as Paredón Blanco (Spanish for "White Bluff"), [2] [3] [4] is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano / Mexican-American communities and is known as a bastion of Chicano culture , hosting cultural landmarks like ...
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Homeboy Industries is a youth program founded in 1992 [1] by Father Greg Boyle following the work of the Christian base communities at Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. [2][3] The program is intended to assist high-risk youth, former gang members and the recently incarcerated, “homeboys” if you’re willing, with a ...