by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 24, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lansing, MI. What is it about our culture that leads so many people to become indifferent about the need to give due honor and worship to God (aka the virtue of religion)? Many things have at times been cited – from consumerism to scientism to nihilism – as the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 23, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Sierra Vista, AZ. Recently, the Sierra Vista SPSE team went to the “Christian Comm-Unity Ministry Fair” and set up their own Catholic information table in the midst of many other Christian tables of various denominations. The team was a last minute entry, and set up...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 22, 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 | Feb 21, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Riverside, CA. Team Riverside reported in recently. Here’s what they had to say: “Team Riverside goes out every two weeks. We meet many people and give away many rosaries. So many that I asked our parish if they could donate rosaries. They responded very generously.”...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 20, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Dallas, TX. For the Christian, the visible creation has a special importance. It is not only created good by God, but it is also caught up in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, who not only took on a physical body, but redeems the whole of creation along with the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 19, 2016 | Stories from the Street
In this photo we see Steve, our national director, at a recent conference speaking to a protestant fellow, Charles, about the problem of Christian disunity and denominationalism. There are many, many, Christian denominations, and a great many of them teach different...