Testimonies

“A Prodigal Son” (Re-post)

by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 4, 2015 | Stories from the Street

Santa Clarita, CA. Sometimes, to get someone back on the right path, you just need to be in the right place, at the right time. The Santa Clarita, California SPSE team set up outside a large department store (with permission, of course!), and spoke to many people over...

Getting Started—Easy & Fun (Repost)

by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 3, 2015 | Stories from the Street

South Windsor, CT. For the first hour, people just looked at the new South Windsor, Connecticut SPSE team. Then the first man approached, “Moses” (pictured here with evangelist Martha Mingle). Moses is a non-Catholic Christian who had been taught that Catholics...

A DRE for SPSE

by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 2, 2015 | Principles, Stories from the Street

Bloomington, IN. Scott, director of religious education for St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Bloomington, joined the Indiana University SPSE team for evangelization on the university campus. One of his first street evangelization outings, he’s putting in to...

“Authentic Human Encounter”

by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 1, 2015 | Principles, Stories from the Street

Baltimore, MD. Evangelization is most appropriately carried out within what we might call “authentic human encounters.” What is an “authentic human encounter”? At the least, it is a human encounter where the freedom and dignity of the other is respected. Why is this...

“We can handle that right now for you”

by Mark Hornbacher | Nov 30, 2015 | Stories from the Street

Bloomington, IN. “Jesus said to [the Apostles], ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you...

Getting Back Into the Saddle

by Mark Hornbacher | Nov 29, 2015 | Stories from the Street

Pensacola, FL. The mission of the priest is to be a witness of the Gospel, a minister of reconciliation, in the person of Christ the Head of the Church. Though priests do this in their parishes and other venues all the time, it is great to have them out on the streets...

“Go, and announce the Gospel of the Lord.”

by Mark Hornbacher | Nov 28, 2015 | Stories from the Street, Techniques

San Francisco, CA. Saint Paul Street Evangelization does not require that its evangelists use its materials (medals, holy cards, pamphlets, etc.). We simply provide these materials as low-priced as we can. A few of our teams get some resources from other sources, and...

Restaurant Evangelization

by Mark Hornbacher | Nov 27, 2015 | Practical Evangelization, Stories from the Street, Techniques

Milwaukee, WI. Once they’ve started to evangelize on the streets, many of our evangelists branch out and do the same in their everyday life. They engage in what might be called grocery store, gas station, or restaurant evangelization. Case in point – Dave, of the...

Show Me A Sign, O Lord

by Mark Hornbacher | Nov 26, 2015 | Stories from the Street

Baltimore, MD. Many people look for signs from God. Some of these people need no sign; they know what they should do, but they ask for signs as a way of avoiding God. As Christ said, “A wicked and perverse generation seeks a sign. But no sign will be given it except...

Going on the Offensive

by Mark Hornbacher | Nov 25, 2015 | Stories from the Street

Milwaukee, WI. A first-time street-evangelizer learns certain truths very quickly. One of these truths is, simply: You gotta reach out; you gotta initiate! For the first outing of the new Milwaukee team, Dave and Tom set up their table in downtown Milwaukee along the...