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Hungry Hearts for God

Sebastian, FL Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following report comes to us from team leader Peter with our team in Sebastian, FL: Two of us set up a table next to the Sebastian Library entrance. We immediately met Carmel while setting up. She...

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“Festa Italiana”

“Festa Italiana”

Mokena, IL Click here to find a team or start one of your own! This story comes to us from evangelist Benjamin with our team in Joliet, IL: Our team went out for an Italian festival hosted in part by a local parish, and we ran into many lapsed and practicing Catholics...

“High Season for Jesus, Pt. 2”

“High Season for Jesus, Pt. 2”

Boise, ID Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following is a continuation of yesterday's story that comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID: A nicely dressed, young-adult couple were curious about the Rosary. They attend a...

“High Season for Jesus, Pt. 1”

“High Season for Jesus, Pt. 1”

Boise, ID Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following story comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID: Jesus is still calling people to Himself. So, thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization...

“Dearborn Homecoming,” Pt. 2

“Dearborn Homecoming,” Pt. 2

Dearborn, MI Click here to find a team or start one of your own! This report is the second in a two-part story from evangelist Mark with the National SPSE team: Four evangelists—Bob, Carol, Mark, and Tom—evangelized outside of the Dearborn Homecoming on the last...

“Dearborn Homecoming,” Pt. 1

“Dearborn Homecoming,” Pt. 1

Dearborn, MI Click here to find a team or start one of your own! This report is the first in a two-part story from evangelist Mark with the National SPSE team: Four evangelists recently went to the Dearborn Homecoming, a public festival in a Muslim-majority suburb of...

“Mystical Change”

“Mystical Change”

Mystic, CT Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following story comes to us from team leader Fr. Ignatius with our team in Griswold, CT: Ave Maria! A couple of weeks ago, the Griswold Team went to Mystic, CT to engage the tourists and, honestly, it...

“A Full Circle Moment”

“A Full Circle Moment”

Somerville, NJ Click here to find a team or start one of your own! This report comes to us from team leader Alpa with our Somerville-Immaculate Coneption parish team in NJ: We spent over three hours on Main Street this past Saturday. Michael, Mirna, Albert, Wilber and...

“Jubilee Year of Hope”

“Jubilee Year of Hope”

Gaithersburg, MD Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following story comes to us from team leader Nancy with our team in Gaithersburg, MD: Molly and I arrived at the bus terminal and we were met by another group passing out pamphlets that were...

“Summer Downtown Art Walk Conversations”

“Summer Downtown Art Walk Conversations”

Springfield, OR Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following report comes to us from team leader Wendy with our team in Springfield, Oregon: Our street evangelization team has been setting up on Saturday afternoons in our downtown restaurant...

“Back to the Barnyard, Pt. 2”

“Back to the Barnyard, Pt. 2”

Greenville, SC Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following is a continuation of yesterday's story and comes to us from evangelist Ernesto with our team in Greenville, South Carolina: For me evangelizing and everything I do for God requires trust...

Podcasts

Fides et Ratio

“Reason cannot eliminate the mystery of love which the Cross represents, while the Cross can give to reason the ultimate answer which it seeks." Pope St. John Paul II One of those quotes you have to read again and meditate on! What do you think Pope St. John Paul II...

Laundry Detergent and Fallen Away Catholics

by Jeffrey van Zuiden I'm willing to bet that most of you at some point in time, have tried a new product that you thought would be the “end all, be all,” only to find yourself very disappointed in the end. These days, you see this everywhere, sadly even within the...

A matter of substance

by Stephen Spiteri I had a conversation with a fundamentalist the other day and he was asking how it was at all possible that Jesus could "be something so mundane as bread and wine ... how can you believe that bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of Christ?" As...

Science vs. Religion: Turning Swords into Plowshares

by Stephen Spiteri I taught a lesson very recently where I was discussing the Big Bang theory with my senior students. About halfway into my spiel a student of mine sitting at the back of the classroom put his hand up and blurted out sounding frustrated, "You're a...

Why Protestants Believe Catholics Worship Statues

Part 2 of the “Why Protestants Believe” series By Jeffrey van Zuiden Since the Protestant Reformation, there has been a very popular propaganda tactic --- "Catholics worship statues! Look at them ... they even bow down to them!" Truth be told, for an outside observer,...

Mary’s perfect intercession in three easy steps

One of the biggest stumbling blocks that non-Catholics have when learning about the faith is the Catholic view of Mary's role as the "perfect intercessor" for us before God. This is a complex issue, because it often includes having to explain three concepts often...

Truth behind the clergy abuse scandal

by Jeffrey van Zuiden As the Catholic faithful, perhaps one of the toughest issues we  must answer for is the sex abuse scandal. At the very least it is certainly a touchy subject. At its very worst, it is an barrier between converts and reverts and the Church....

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