“I need a rosary!” (Repost)

Bloomington, IN. Steve, Mark, and John went out to evangelize at the campus of Indiana University on a Wednesday morning recently. They stood in a public area where students walked by constantly, and offered passersby free rosaries, seeking to break the ice for good...

Encouragements, Compliments, and Thank-yous (Repost)

Dallas, TX. Our evangelists receive lots of positive responses on the street. Very often, they get encouragement, compliments, and thanks for the work they are doing. Sometimes, they hear someone say, with a smile, something like, “It’s about time the Catholics got...

“We had a lot in common”

Milwaukee, WI. In the whole of life, we should treat others as fundamentally equal to ourselves. So too the evangelist should always see the evangelized as, fundamentally, equal to himself. Authentic evangelization demands this. It is not just that people are much...

“Who was that guy?”

Austin, TX. If we come before the Lord honestly, wanting to serve Him, He will surely give us what we need to do so. Accordingly, before each outing our evangelists pray for divine assistance. Here is an evangelization account from Scott, a deaconate candidate from...

The Holy Rivals Club

Bloomington, IN. Father Ignatius strikes again! Here is the latest from our fatherly Franciscan friend. In this story, he references the “Holy Rivals Club,” through which some members of SPSE have informally committed themselves to reach out to at least one new person...