by Mark Hornbacher | Apr 10, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Our Detroit Festival Evangelization Team was out at the Sweetest Heart of Mary Festival. Sometimes people ask us why we would be evangelizing at a Catholic event. Well, the fact is that many of the people who come to these festivals are Catholics who have stopped...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 26, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s National Director, Steve Dawson, joined evangelist Julian for Catholic street evangelization in downtown Detroit last weekend. Despite the cold, on several occasions during the outing, the evangelists felt the Holy Spirit was using them to bear fruit for the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 25, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Tempe, AZ, team evangelizes year-round. Even on a relatively slow day, they usually end up having significant conversations about the Faith. It is time well spent. On one such afternoon, a man named Matthew talked with the team. He told them he was raised in a...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 24, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Forest Hills, NY, team — active for nearly a year now — gives away up to 100 pamphlets an hour. In nice weather, they set up in front of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church. Otherwise, they take the SPSE materials underground to the Roosevelt Avenue subway stop...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 23, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE teamed up with the Archdiocese of Detroit to bring “Nightfever” to Detroit this week. The evening event combined music, prayer time, Adoration, the availability of priests to hear confessions, and a welcoming atmosphere for people to learn about the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 22, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Toledo, OH, team set up on St. Patrick’s Day near the popular destination, “The Blarney”. Offering green Rosaries, they engaged dozens of passersby in friendly conversations about the Catholic Faith. St. Patrick, one of the world’s most popular saints, was the...