Stories from the Street

Detroit, MI. As St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote, you have to pray to be saved. In order to go to heaven when we die, we must have established some kind of friendship with God. As Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” But you can’t be in friendship with God without prayer. Therefore, the simple act of inviting others to prayer can be a fruitful effort of evangelization. This is what the Detroit and other SPSE teams recently did for the “Night Fever” event: they invited people on the street to come into the beautiful Old St Mary’s Catholic Church in Detroit’s Greektown, to light a candle and say a prayer. This occasioned also some great conversations, with the opportunity to share the Gospel. Great work, Detroit Team!
StoryDavid, Bill and I had a sense of expectation as we ventured out to the bus terminal experiencing Easter and Jubilee graces from this joyous Easter season. There was non-stop sharing of…
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StoryWhile on a trip to visit a shrine, I had a conversation with the receptionist and somehow we began to talk about all sorts of things, but especially how, although she was…
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StoryWe had two encounters with the same woman in the recent past, who came to our table in front of the St. Vincent De Paul food pantry at St. Mary. The first…
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