by Mark Hornbacher | May 25, 2015 | Homilies
HOMILY, Pentecost Sunday May 24, 2015 Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelization (www.streetevangelization.com) Life in the Spirit I’d like to begin this homily with the Sequence for today’s Mass. A sequence is a special hymn typically sung on...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 25, 2015 | Stories from the Street
At 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning, many children are already playing in the streets of Barrio Bambang in Los Banos, The Phillipines. And so our SPSE team was there to meet them and begin to introduce them to Faith in Jesus Christ. The children in the picture, 6- to...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 23, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Being a team member can give you the courage to take the Catholic Faith “to the streets”, as SPSE’s new team in Cohoes, NY, has discovered. Each SPSE evangelist on a team might bring different strengths and abilities to the mission, but God can use whatever we...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 22, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE teams go where people gather — for instance, the Saturday farmer’s market in Lincoln, NE. Visibly Catholic, with sign and offer of free Rosary, Lincoln’s SPSE evangelists easily engage many in friendly conversations about the Faith. Here are some recent...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 21, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Prayer is essential for evangelization. SPSE teams world-wide are often reminded that only the Holy Spirit changes hearts and we accomplish nothing without Him (cf. Jn 15:5). One team with a committed, simultaneous prayer group backing its on-the-street evangelization...