Archived Stories
Cruisin’ for New Catholics!
Here we see our St. Paul Street Evangelization booth set up in front of the Basilica Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, MI. A couple weekends ago was the annual Dream Cruise where over 1.5 million people came out to participate in the worlds largest auto show....
Confession – “Let’s do this!”
Here we see SPSE street evangelist Fr. Tony Fox, of the Archdiocese of Detroit, as he hears the confession of a gentleman that he evangelized just moments before at the annual Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit. This young man admitted to the evangelists that he was...
“Just do it!”
Catholic Blogger Brandon Vogt joined the new Orlando, FL chapter of St. Paul Street Evangelization for an hour and a half recently. The team handed out literature, books, and rosaries, speaking to those who passed by about the Catholic faith. Sometimes team members...
But not as hot as Hell…
Extreme weather keeps many home. But SPSE evangelists who go out anyway often have significant Faith encounters. Temperatures in Tempe, AZ, now in the triple-digits, recently reached 111 degrees — but SPSE evangelists Caisey, Frank, and Sean still headed downtown to...
“Seeds do sprout…”
Clarence Burkholder, our Smyrna, GA team leader, recently received encouragement from “Carina”, a woman the team recently encountered. Carina and her mother have been the only active Catholics in their family for nearly 20 years. But they’ve kept praying. On Divine...
“The Joy of Being Well-Prepared”
SPSE teams are self-funded, so you see a variety of team set-ups — 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. Toledo’s annual Old West End Festival attracts thousands. So...
“I was near tears … This was truly a gift from God.”
SPSE’s Wayne State University team is led by Beth Schuele, who also works at WSU’s Newman Center. They recently received thanks from the mom of a student named “Kristin”. Beth met the family during freshman move-in day last summer. Beth was supervising Newman...
“What’s Going On Here?”
SPSE’s 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, “What’s going on?” Each wanted a Rosary and team leader Ron Lisk asked if they prayed...
“Truth ‘Revealed to Babes’?”
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, “Jerry” and “Mike”, searched for answers to these questions during the school year. Their search led them to...
“What, Rosaries aren’t Jewelry?”
A Rosary is many things — 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...