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Hungry for God

Boise, ID The following comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID: A young homeless man named “James,” dressed in a brown friar habit (costume) and wearing a Rosary he’d found, stopped for a long conversation. Raised in a non-Catholic Christian...

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“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...

“Back to the Barnyard, Pt. 1”

“Back to the Barnyard, Pt. 1”

Greenville, SC Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following report comes to us from team leader Caleb with our team in Greenville, South Carolina: We had a wonderful day evangelizing at the Barnyard last Saturday. Zach joined us for the first time...

“Baseball, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and a Novelist”

“Baseball, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and a Novelist”

Liberty, MO Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following story comes to us from team leader John with our team in Liberty, MO: Recently, our team took to the Farmer’s Market for another joyful day of street evangelization. With a youth World...

“Be Faithful, Even During Slow Outings”

“Be Faithful, Even During Slow Outings”

Lake Orion, MI Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following story comes to us from team leader Matt with our team in Lake Orion, MI: It was a slow, late July outing along the main street of downtown Lake Orion in front of a favorite local...

“Trial By Fire, Pt. 3”

“Trial By Fire, Pt. 3”

Boise, ID 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 team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID: Immediately after the “Dan encounter” ended, James was called into similar action: A...

“Trial By Fire, Pt. 2”

“Trial By Fire, 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 and comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID: Continuing with our story about our encounter with Dan and his family, our visitor...

“Trial By Fire, Pt. 1”

“Trial By Fire, 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: Early in the session, a group of five people on bikes stopped by. The lead guy, “Dan”, asked, “What makes the Catholic...

“Summerfest Encounters”

“Summerfest Encounters”

Laingsburg, MI Click here to find a team or start one of your own! The following story comes to us from team leader Richard with our team in Ovid, MI: This was an early morning for a 1/2 day festival called Summerfest in the city of Laingsburg. We evangelized until...

“Ann Arbor Art Fair”

“Ann Arbor Art Fair”

Ann Arbor, MI Click here to find a team or start one of your own! This report comes from team leader Joe in Ann Arbor, MI: Thank you to the dozens of evangelists who volunteered with the Marian Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair these past few days! We were blessed with...

“Wonderful Day of Evangelizing”

“Wonderful Day of Evangelizing”

Pasadena, TX Click here to find a team or start one of your own! This report comes from team leader Janet in Galveston, Texas: We set out to evangelize at the Pasadena Indoor Flea Market and had many wonderful encounters. I was thankful that Sebastian showed up to...

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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