by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 26, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Berkeley, CA. Gratitude is a common virtue among street evangelists. When you get out there, spend some time giving out rosaries and talking to people, shake off the initial anxiety, and have some real human encounters, you start to think something like, “So, this is...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 25, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Austin, TX. From time to time, our teams will encounter individuals interested not so much in being evangelized, but in evangelizing! On a recent outing, Bernice and her Austin, Texas team made a new friend – Andy, a homeless man who wanted to help them evangelize. He...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 24, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Bloomington, IN. Here is a report from Father Ignatius, FI: I learned from Steve Dawson to always have some evangelization materials on me and to seek opportunities everywhere. In the parking lot of Kroger’s in Bloomington, IN, while Friar Gabriel went inside to get...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 23, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Southlake, TX. For many of our teams, the rosary serves as an icebreaker – a door to conversation – and at times, makes up the bulk of the subject matter covered. This is not a problem, though; teaching meditative prayer on the scriptures is definitely not a bad form...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 22, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Glendale, AZ. The Phoenix Northwest Team went to the recent Arizona Cardinals / Green Bay Packers football game in Glendale. The team had made hundreds of football-themed rosaries in team colors, with football beads for the Our Fathers. Two teenagers, late for the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 21, 2016 | Stories from the Street
East Rochester, NY. In the work of bringing the Good News to the world, we need not only dedicated evangelists, but teachers dedicated to training the next generation of Catholics in evangelization. Why? Young Catholics should be aware that along with prayer, service,...
