Boise, ID
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The following story comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID:
With spring weather comes end-of-school-year sports playoffs. We remind people about what’s truly important. So thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.
Back-to-back college ball games were going on in the sports arena, determining who would play in a major championship game. Lots of people were wearing team-supporting shirts, quite a few boasting the letters of a Catholic university. Very few of these people stopped for a Rosary because they “already had plenty”.
A man in a group greeted us as he passed by. He let us know that, not only is he Catholic, but he also prays at least a decade of the Rosary every day. Toward the end of the session, he and his group passed by again, heading the other way. He reminded us that he’d already talked to us, but then added that he had become Catholic “only” in 2001. Although he was edging away, it also seemed that he really wanted to tell us his conversion story: He had been a virulently anti-Catholic Christian. But his brother, who was studying to be a pastor, converted to Catholicism after his research into the ancient Church. Then a close friend of his soon joined the Church. They kept in touch with our visitor, arguing the Catholic point of view. That’s all of his story that we got before he dashed away to catch up with the rest of his group. May God continue to bless him and keep him faithful! And may all respond to the Truth, no matter how uncomfortable it makes them.
One of the security guards for the sports arena stopped to talk when he was on break. He did not take a Rosary because he already had one he prayed with, and affirmed the importance of the prayer. Pray for blessings for him and all the faithful who seek to fall deeper in love with Christ through the arms of His Blessed Mother. May God continue to grant our city peace!
“Allen” and “Emma”, two college students on spring break from a Catholic university, stopped to ask what we were doing. Allen also wondered what we were doing for Lent, sharing his own commitment. He chose a chain Rosary, but Emma declined (perhaps she already has one). Please pray that these young Catholics will persevere in faith and grow in holiness.
A couple of the young adults who stopped at the table “used to be Catholic”. At least one of them was still attending church, albeit a non-Catholic Christian one. We encouraged them to return to the Sacraments and to use the Rosary reverently as a way to get to know Jesus more deeply.
Being in right relationship with Jesus Christ is the “one thing necessary” (cf. Luke 10:42). So, thank you again for your prayers and other support for this apostolate. In turn, may God protect and greatly bless you and all those you love!