Stories from the Street

Click here to read more stories from our Eastern Market team in Detroit, MI
This story comes from team leader Mark with the Eastern Market team in Detroit, MI:
Several evangelists did door-to-door evangelization in the neighborhood immediately surrounding St. Mary of Redford Church. I partnered with Sam, an active and zealous parishioner. Sam was really excited to visit his neighbors and invite them to the nearby church. I must admit that I was skeptical before we started to go around the neighborhood. I assumed that nobody would ever open their door, much less have an actual conversation with us. Wow, I’m glad that I was wrong! Sam and I visited about 20 houses and about 15 of them answered. Out of all the houses that answered, only one declined to talk with us. Almost everyone accepted a rosary, Miraculous Medal, and invitation to an upcoming conference at the church. We prayed with several people: deliverance from drug addiction, recovery from a heart attack, and many more intentions. Near the end, we ran out of How to Pray the Rosary pamphlets but continued going door to door. We wrote down the addresses of the houses that wanted a rosary pamphlet and Sam went back to follow-up.
Praised be Jesus Christ!
Catholicism is not a do-it-yourself activity. Christianity is not a club. Faith is not a feeling. … What are they, then? Catholicism is a new, different way of living. Christianity is a…
Read the story →
Story“Feast of the Assumption Celebration at a city park, with praise and worship music, public prayer and priests available for confession. Plenty of people praying the Rosary, praising God and online for…
Read the story →Most Catholics are aware of the apparitions and messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary which came to three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal, and the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima…
Read the story →