Archived Stories
âThe Joy of Being Well-Preparedâ
SPSE teams are self-funded, so you see a variety of team set-ups â from a folding chair and Rosaries, to a full canopied booth at a public event. Our team from Toledo, OH, found an effective middle ground. Toledoâs annual Old West End Festival attracts thousands. So...
âI was near tears … This was truly a gift from God.â
SPSEâs Wayne State University team is led by Beth Schuele, who also works at WSUâs Newman Center. They recently received thanks from the mom of a student named âKristinâ. Beth met the family during freshman move-in day last summer. Beth was supervising Newman...
âWhatâs Going On Here?â
SPSEâs Fredericksburg, VA, team attracted immediate curiosity during their very first outing. As soon as they set up, in the local shopping plaza, four young men approached to ask, âWhatâs going on?â Each wanted a Rosary and team leader Ron Lisk asked if they prayed...
âTruth âRevealed to Babesâ?â
Why does our society now lack the Gospel values? Why is there division in the Body of Christ? Do people still hunger for Truth? Two middle school students, âJerryâ and âMikeâ, searched for answers to these questions during the school year. Their search led them to...
âWhat, Rosaries arenât Jewelry?â
A Rosary is many things â a tool to help you time your meditations on the Sacred Mysteries, a reminder calling you to pray, and the collective name we give to the group of prayers we pray while meditating on the Mysteries. However, only this last meaning gives rise to...
Plenty of Work for All
Our Dallas, TX, area is already famous in SPSE circles for how quickly their organization grew and the number of active teams they have. A recent outing shows several of their evangelists working âfor the harvestâ. Here Dallasâ newest evangelist, Randy, talks with a...
Grace in Action
SPSE teams help new teams get started. For example, four members of our very active Gaithersburg, MD, team recently joined the Front Royal, VA, team on their first outing and evangelized before, during, and after that parishâs public Corpus Christi procession. It was...
âWhere we were, He was with us.â
SPSE has been taking the Catholic Faith âto the streetsâ since 2012. One of our first teams is the one from Atlanta, GA, who continue to evangelize regularly. They were recently in nearby Decatur, where they encountered âMiss Christineâ. When Miss Christine approached...
First Day at “Catholic Corner”
Members of the newly formed Chicago SPSE team felt nervous as they set out to evangelize for their first time on that cold and rainy Saturday morning. Father Joshua, pictured, joined the effort. But the evangelists were pleasantly surprised that people were actually...
Kindly Drawing Them Home
A friendly conversation about their relationship to Catholicism can make a difference. Three SPSE evangelists from Smyrna, GA, set up recently outside the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Two women who found them were an inactive Catholic (âLady Câ) and a...