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“Bloom Where You Are Planted”

by pschlenker | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog Post, Stories from the Street

Warren, MI. No one seems to know the origins of the old saying, “Bloom where you are planted”, although some say it may come from Genesis 1:28, “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.” St. Francis de Sales once said,...

“How many paths are there to Heaven?”

by pschlenker | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog Post, Stories from the Street

Detroit, Michigan. In our pluralistic society, many people falsely believe that “almost everybody will go to heaven,” regardless of their faith or merit. While we do not focus on apologetics and we do not condemn anyone, we do believe in paragraph 183 of the Catechism...

God Desires All to Be Saved

by pschlenker | Jul 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

Dallas, TX. The Catholic Church teaches that salvation is possible even for those who do not believe in Christ explicitly (See 2nd Vatican Council’s “Lumen Gentium,” sec. 16). Since God desires all men to be saved (1 Tim 2:4), and Christ died for all (2 Cor 5:15), it...

“One of the Best Days of My Priestly Life”

by pschlenker | Nov 12, 2015 | Stories from the Street

Bloomington, IN. The priest, in a special way, is called to evangelize. In 2010, speaking of the three offices of the priest, Pope Benedict XVI said, “The Lord has entrusted a great task to priests: to be heralds of his word, of the Truth that saves; to be his voice...

Infant Baptism and the Bible

by pschlenker | Jan 17, 2015 | Stories from the Street

One of our evangelists, Nick, talked at length with a Protestant gentleman about being “Born Again” and the doctrine of infant baptism. This man said infant baptism was a heresy because infants were unable to have faith at that age and that you should only be Baptized...