by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 10, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Many people come to know Jesus Christ for the first time among Protestant or Evangelical groups, and then enter into the unity of Christ’s Catholic Church later on. This story is shaping up to be one of these: The SPSE team from Tempe, AZ, set up downtown during...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 9, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s San Diego–North County team was working at Oceanside pier two days after Christmas. With the pre-holiday frenzy quieted, the team was able to hold some good conversations. For Catholics, the Christmas celebration doesn’t actually begin until the start of...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 8, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Our newest San Diego team set up recently in Balboa Park, a park/museum area next to the San Diego Zoo and with buildings dating back to 1915. They had many visitors. An atheist group had also set up that day, and one of them came over to make provocative remarks. The...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 7, 2015 | Stories from the Street
A report from the Las Vegas, Nevada team: This lady was a fallen-away Catholic. Did not get a chance to spend much time with her, but did give her a rosary, how to say it, and a pamphlet on “Ten Reasons to Return to the Catholic Church.” She said she...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 5, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Dallas team often explains where the Bible itself came from. Many people had never thought about it. The only Scriptures the first Christians had were from the Old Testament. The earliest book, though, of the New Testament (1 Thessalonians) wouldn’t be written...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 4, 2015 | Stories from the Street
After a two day Basic Evangelization Training workshop at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit many of our trainees went evangelizing with the team at Noel Night in Detroit. Our team members offered rosaries to those passing and asked if they knew that the rosary is...
