January 01, 2020
“Fly to the Lord”
Las Vegas, NV. It's unclear why airplanes are a place where strangers wind up making connections. Perhaps it's because there's simply nothing else to do. Or maybe it's because some become nervous when flying, and conversation helps to ease anxiety. Whatever the case...
“Holy Family Christmas Store, Pt. 1”
Detroit, MI. For the second year, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, in Midtown Detroit, organized the "Holy Family Christmas Store". On the weekend before Christmas, this "store" offered a chance for low-income families to come and receive Christmas gifts, clothing,...
“A Special Gift for All”
Henniker, New Hampshire. Today's story presents a lesson for us all to reflect on. Our evangelist had an extremely beautiful rosary to give away, but someone they were less familiar with took it. At first she was disappointed, but upon reflection she realized she...
“Mall Evangelization”
Tampa, FL. While the idea of a shopping area or "mall" has been around since ancient Rome, the idea only made its way to America in 1828. With the relatively recent development of the internet, websites like Amazon have taken over as the first shopping option for...
“Waiting”
Gaithersburg, MD. What does one do at a bus stop? Wait. During Advent, this season of patient waiting for the coming of our Savior, it's moments like these that are often ideal to speak to people about Jesus. Those waiting for the bus often have nothing else to do but...
Mark Kollar (Chicago North Shore)
Started with SPSE January 2018 Mark signed up Jan. 2018 at the Encounter Conference and was on the streets 12 days later. There are 22 people in the team email distribution list and it’s still growing. On average there are about 4 evangelists on an outing. They...
Nancy McCambridge (Gaithersburg, MD)
Started with SPSE in 2015 Nancy has been in active ministry for over 4 years. She started out on the Gaithersburg team working with and learning from our former SPSE Urban Missionary Joanne Portzer. When Joanne stepped down in October 2017, Nancy generously took over...
Bill Brown (Tampa, FL)
Started with SPSE October 2016 Bill was motivated to start a team after a friend gave him Steve Dawson’s book “Catholic Street Evangelization” and said, “Read this. We need to do this.” That fall he held a few meetings with Catholic friends and had our first event in...
Lucy Stamm (Boise, ID)
Started with SPSE October 2012 Lucy started as an evangelist on the Boise, Idaho SPSE team in October 2012. The team currently consists of 4-5 street evangelists, 30-50 behind-the-scenes prayer warriors, and dozens of generous Rosary makers. They set up their...