by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 3, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 2, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 1, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 31, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 30, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...