To Strive For Something More
Glendale, AZ. The Phoenix Northwest Team went to the recent Arizona Cardinals / Green Bay Packers football game in Glendale. The team had made hundreds of football-themed rosaries in team colors, with football beads for the Our Fathers. Two teenagers, late for the...
“Anyone can pray the rosary”
Southlake, TX. For many of our teams, the rosary serves as an icebreaker – a door to conversation – and at times, makes up the bulk of the subject matter covered. This is not a problem, though; teaching meditative prayer on the scriptures is definitely not a bad form...
“Using my time wisely”
Bloomington, IN. Here is a report from Father Ignatius, FI: I learned from Steve Dawson to always have some evangelization materials on me and to seek opportunities everywhere. In the parking lot of Kroger’s in Bloomington, IN, while Friar Gabriel went inside to get...
Helping Out
Belleville, IL. Here is a picture from a recent event for the homeless at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville, Illinois. The St. Paul Street Evangelization St. Louis - Downtown / Belleville team was present by invitation. The night started with soup and bread...
“Many amazing conversations”
Bloomington, IN. Recently, on the campus of Indiana University, SPSE national director Steve talked to young lady from the church of Christ for about twenty minutes about the Catholic Church. He explained its founding by Jesus Christ, the “keys to the kingdom” granted...
Are All Churches the Same?
Are All Churches the Same? Plymouth, MI. Are all churches basically the same? Does it matter which church you belong to? On the one hand, it can seem like maybe it doesn’t matter. Salvation comes from living faith in Jesus Christ, and many churches seem to inculcate...
Buddhists and Catholic School Girls
Plymouth, MI. You’d expect that Buddhists wouldn’t know the Catholic faith, but what about Catholic girls coming from Mass? Here’s a report from our Plymouth, Michigan team: “We had a Buddhist gentleman and his little sister who told us how they believed in...
“I was never asked!”
Plymouth, MI. Doing the work of street evangelization serve to continually remind us that there are many people who would believe and follow the truth if only somebody would take a small amount of time and effort to share it with them. A team evangelizing in Michigan,...
Answering the Call
Austin, TX. We recently had a training for a large group in Austin, Texas, for the diocese’s Office of Vocations. There were 56 men in training for the deaconate, and their wives. Here is a “theological reflection” from Dan, one of the candidates for diaconate, and...
“I want peace in my life”
Decatur, GA. A person’s outward appearance is one thing, but his inner life is something else. Sometimes we falsely think that changing things externally will “fix” our internal unhappiness. It may be the clothing we wear, the way we walk or talk, the friends we...