by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 10, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lincoln, NE. We live for moments like these. When the fruits of our efforts come back to us, it encourages us to continue on doing what we’re doing, even when the fruits are not visible to us. How can it get any better than running into someone you have evangelized,...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 9, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lincoln, NE. Here’s a recent check-in from Wayne: Our evangelists this Saturday were Sue, Tom, Bob and Bob’s daughter Katy. We started at 8 as we anticipated people may be out early to beat the heat and we were right. Joanne stopped by. She is a practicing Catholic...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 8, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Detroit, MI. As St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote, you have to pray to be saved. In order to go to heaven when we die, we must have established some kind of friendship with God. As Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” But you can’t be in...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 7, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Pendergrass, GA. Our evangelists don’t only evangelize on the streets. We’ve had teams set up at festivals, conferences, airports, parish events, homeless shelters, and more. Team leader Pablo of the Prince of Peace SPSE team in Atlanta recently sent us a report on...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 6, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Phoenix, AZ. Does praying for someone disrespect their free will? That is what one person suggested to the Phoenix, North West team during one of their recent outings. The man’s name was “Nick.” The team actually met him at the “First Friday Artwalk” on a previous...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 5, 2016 | Stories from the Street
From Father Mike, of the Rochester, New York Team: At a past outing to the Geneva Farmers Market evangelizers had the opportunity to pray with a young woman who was returning home to Ohio. She had come to Geneva to be with her birth mother, but the relationship did...