Archived Stories
“Making Friends and Influencing People”
Decatur, GA. It is a great blessing to see the fruits of your previous efforts, and to make new connections with people while evangelizing. On a recent evangelization outing in Decatur, Georgia, street evangelists met several people whom they had encountered in...
“Do We Listen To His Voice?”
San Diego, CA. A couple weeks ago the North County Saint Paul Street Evangelization team met in Balboa Park to give out rosaries and pamphlets, and to talk to those passing by. They had a great time. Among the evangelists that day was Trent Horn, of Catholic Answers,...
“Goosebumps”
Detroit, MI. It was a beautiful day at Eastern Market in downtown Detroit where street evangelists encountered hundreds of people. They used a few approaches that worked well the previous week at the Woodward Dream Cruise. For example, they asked many people "Would...
“A sign from God”
San Francisco, CA. Ted and Robert from the San Francisco team went to the Civic Center Plaza to evangelize on a Saturday. At first it was very slow except for those who protested against the Catholic Church or Christianity in general. Some were angry. Many Protestants...
“I love it!”
Lincoln, NE. Evangelists John, Kevin, Bob, Father Brian, and Deacon Evan hit the streets! Though they got off to a slow start because of a rainstorm, by about 10:15 AM the rain had stopped and the evangelization could begin. “Ida” accepted a rosary and asked the...
“The Mission”
Flint, MI. Teens from the Diocese of Lansing gathered for a third year in Flint, MI for "The Mission", a week long summer project to serve the city’s poor. St. Paul Street Evangelization has always been a part of this effort, training 18 of the 80 teens to be street...
Fullness of Faith
Indianapolis, IN. Peter Lamporte teams up with SPSE founder Steve Dawson, taking the faith to the streets of Indianapolis, IN. The two just walked down the street, talking to people. In this picture, we see Peter putting a miraculous medal on a man they spoke to for a...
“The Fullness of the Faith”
Indianapolis, IN. Peter Lamporte teams up with SPSE founder Steve Dawson, taking the faith to the streets of Indianapolis, IN. The two just walked down the street, talking to people. In this picture, we see Peter putting a miraculous medal on a man they spoke to for a...
“Overjoyed to Evangelize”
SPSE’s team in South Windsor, CT, reports great success. They attend events such as the town’s annual Strawberry Festival and Craft Fair. The team’s pastor and other priests from their parish support their evangelization efforts, and even plan to join them on future...
Million Dollar Evangelization
Here, we see St. Paul Street evangelist Peter doing "airport evangelization" with our now famous Pope Francis million dollar bill tract. These tracts are great ice breakers to start conversations anywhere, anytime – on the street, at the park, at a coffee house, and...