Archived Stories
“The Ministry of Just Showing Up”
Philadelphia, PA. It’s always great when newly trained evangelists who have joined a team get to experience faith in action as evangelists for the first time. Nothing fully prepares you for street evangelization, but the most important part is the first step of just...
“Engaging With Atheists”
Just as St. Paul wrote different epistles tailored to different communities, we don’t use the same approach with everyone whom we encounter. Those who claim to be atheists and non believers will have different difficulties with belief than, say, a Christian of another...
“Healing Of A Man’s Arm”
Pontiac, Michigan. Healing and evangelization go hand in hand. We see in Scripture that “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people” (Mt 4:23). His...
“These signs will accompany those who believe…”
Bloomington, IN.  Praised be Jesus Christ! A team of evangelists visited the local Farmer’s Market to share the Gospel on a recent Saturday. There were a handful of remarkable encounters on this outing, but one of them, in particular, stands out. One of the team’s...
“God’s Mercy At Mardi Gras”
New Orleans, Louisiana. Whereas the early Christians lived amongst a pagan people, today we live in what might be deemed a “post-Christian” culture. Festivals like St. Patrick’s day and Mardi Gras are Christian events but have been co-opted by a secular culture. But...
“Young Evangelizers”
Rochester, New York. How do we expect to grow and sustain ourselves as a Church without the youth? It is important to make evangelization a normal activity for normal Catholic boys and girls, not a fringe or overly complicated endeavor for superstars. That doesn’t...
“Fully Healed”
Port Huron, Michigan. "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,...
“We challenged him to become part of the solution”
East Lansing, MI. Tom, team leader of SPSE Lansing, sent us this description of an encounter they had with a very conscientious young man. While evangelizing Saturday in downtown East Lansing the Lansing SPSE team had contacts met Rob, a handsome, athletic guy who...
“If They Suffered, Why Shouldn’t We?”
Arizona. One of the hardest conversations to have sometimes are when people experience loss or misfortune and attribute it to God. “Why would God allow something like this to happen?” they ask. They are angry with God, and turn their backs on Him. What we don’t...
“Setting Captives Free”
San Pedro Island, Belize. “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons” (Mk 16:17). These are the words of our Lord right after giving the disciples the Great Commission--the charge to preach the Gospel to all creation (Mk...