Archived Stories
âCourageous, yet non-confrontationalâ
Pensacola, FL. On the one hand, when street evangelizing, it is important to be bold. If you donât speak the truth clearly, how can others ever come to know the truth and believe? On the other hand, while speaking clearly it is also important to not make your presence...
Put Prayer in Your Toolbox
Bloomington, IN. Prayer is of the utmost importance in the Christian life. For the street evangelist, outings should begin and end with prayer, and, since St. Paul exhorts us to âpray always,â they should even be filled with it. But prayer should also be part of the...
“A Prodigal Son” (Re-post)
Santa Clarita, CA. Sometimes, to get someone back on the right path, you just need to be in the right place, at the right time. The Santa Clarita, California SPSE team set up outside a large department store (with permission, of course!), and spoke to many people over...
Getting StartedâEasy & Fun (Repost)
South Windsor, CT. For the first hour, people just looked at the new South Windsor, Connecticut SPSE team. Then the first man approached, âMosesâ (pictured here with evangelist Martha Mingle). Moses is a non-Catholic Christian who had been taught that Catholics...
A DRE for SPSE
Bloomington, IN. Scott, director of religious education for St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Bloomington, joined the Indiana University SPSE team for evangelization on the university campus. One of his first street evangelization outings, heâs putting in to...
âAuthentic Human Encounterâ
Baltimore, MD. Evangelization is most appropriately carried out within what we might call âauthentic human encounters.â What is an âauthentic human encounterâ? At the least, it is a human encounter where the freedom and dignity of the other is respected. Why is this...
âWe can handle that right now for youâ
Bloomington, IN. âJesus said to [the Apostles], âPeace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.â And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, âReceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you...
Getting Back Into the Saddle
Pensacola, FL. The mission of the priest is to be a witness of the Gospel, a minister of reconciliation, in the person of Christ the Head of the Church. Though priests do this in their parishes and other venues all the time, it is great to have them out on the streets...
âGo, and announce the Gospel of the Lord.â
San Francisco, CA. Saint Paul Street Evangelization does not require that its evangelists use its materials (medals, holy cards, pamphlets, etc.). We simply provide these materials as low-priced as we can. A few of our teams get some resources from other sources, and...
Restaurant Evangelization
Milwaukee, WI. Once theyâve started to evangelize on the streets, many of our evangelists branch out and do the same in their everyday life. They engage in what might be called grocery store, gas station, or restaurant evangelization. Case in point â Dave, of the...