Archived Stories
Making Room for Truth
Steve Dawson, National Director of St. Paul Street Evangelization, headed to Texas this week to evangelize with teams in Austin and Dallas. In the picture, you see our newest team leader, Bernice, of our newest chapter, SPSE Austin. She is talking with the man about...
Gazing at Jesus
Five evangelists joined the SPSE San Francisco’s recent Monday lunch-time outing to Civic Center Plaza. So many responded to SPSE evangelists Charlene, Mary, Stephen, Ted, and Robert that they ran out of Rosaries within the first two hours. They continued, though, to...
Seeker without Direction
Three members of SPSE’s Atlanta, GA, team took advantage of a beautiful Spring day to travel to downtown Decatur to evangelize. They set up across from the transit station. There, they invited the many people passing by to take a Rosary or a medal. Some who stopped...
Evangelization: “Interesting” and “Fascinating”
People in England are famous for their willingness to be out in any weather. And SPSE’s team members in Kingston Upon Hull, UK, are no exception. They have continued to evangelize regularly, including on Holy Saturday. Team leader Frances Redmore had reminded...
“Good Friday initiation”
SPSE’s Phoenix–East Valley team welcomed 5 new evangelists on a Good Friday outing to Gilbert, AZ. Arriving early at the family-friendly dessert fest, the team chose good locations for meeting people. Several first-time evangelists reported in about their experience....
“Divine Mercy — for ME?”
The San Francisco team evangelizes regularly at Civic Center Plaza. Recently, SPSE evangelists Robert and Stephen struck up a friendly conversation with “Sonya”. She had accepted some religious medals and a Rosary. “Have you ever considered becoming Catholic?” Robert...
Everybody needs the Gospel: Baptized Catholics … Even Paws The Tiger!
Our Detroit Festival Evangelization Team was out at the Sweetest Heart of Mary Festival. Sometimes people ask us why we would be evangelizing at a Catholic event. Well, the fact is that many of the people who come to these festivals are Catholics who have stopped...
Heaven and Hell Are For Real
SPSE’s National Director, Steve Dawson, joined evangelist Julian for Catholic street evangelization in downtown Detroit last weekend. Despite the cold, on several occasions during the outing, the evangelists felt the Holy Spirit was using them to bear fruit for the...
“Connecting the dots”
SPSE’s Tempe, AZ, team evangelizes year-round. Even on a relatively slow day, they usually end up having significant conversations about the Faith. It is time well spent. On one such afternoon, a man named Matthew talked with the team. He told them he was raised in a...
“I want to know all about the Catholic Church!”
SPSE’s Forest Hills, NY, team — active for nearly a year now — gives away up to 100 pamphlets an hour. In nice weather, they set up in front of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church. Otherwise, they take the SPSE materials underground to the Roosevelt Avenue subway stop...