Archived Stories
SPSE San Francisco
SPSE’s San Francisco team, deciding to go to “the belly of the beast,” set up at The Castro (Market & Castro Streets). Here is their report. Interesting day! Lots of foot traffic, a great place to encounter people. We did get our share of sarcasm, and rude and...
“I didn’t know you were Catholic!”
SPSE’s Tempe, AZ, team reported on their recent outing on Mill Ave. The weather was perfect but it was a slow day. Their first conversation was with a young college woman who told the evangelists that she was raised Catholic. But then she had left the Church to attend...
Giving Hope to the Poor
SPSE’s very active team in Gaithersburg, MD, continues to share Gospel love. Their spiritual advisor, Fr. Chris, joined their most recent outing and the team shared his reflection on the experience with us. The previous summer, as Fr. Chris began his priestly...
Violent Persecution
Colder weather is not stopping our Kingston Upon Hull team in the UK! Pictured with the evangelists are some young Catholic men from East Timor, a country on the eastern half of the island of Timor, north of Australia. Although the island may look like a tropical...
Evangelization “Under Fire”
Where people are hungry for the Good News about Jesus Christ, SPSE wants to be. We recently received a report from a team INSIDE a state correctional facility (prison). Inmate evangelist “Karl” has our pamphlets addressing common questions, misunderstandings, and...
Team Boise Having Fun!
The following report came from a member of the Boise, ID, team: Woot! We had a rollicking evangelization session downtown today. Started off with a woman who kept walking up to shout “the Rosary is not in the Bible” and then leaving. She didn't want an explanation but...
Receiving Divine Life in the Holy Sacraments
SPSE’s Team Enterprise, AL, has remained active throughout the winter. The following is from a recent outing. In the photo, evangelist Pete Bartosch chooses a pamphlet for a young man from a non-Catholic Christian church. Although baptized and raised Catholic, he had...
Easy Evangelization
About every three weeks, SPSE’s San Francisco team takes the Faith to the streets. Pictured is evangelist Mary Fong giving Rosaries to a woman and child, and evangelist Stephen Bolin standing ready. Two other SPSE evangelists, Robert Seib and Ted Kirk, were also...
A “Million-Dollar” Tool for Evangelization
Catholic Answers’ Patrick Coffin joined the fun when SPSE’s San Diego team went out to do some Catholic street evangelization in Balboa Park recently. In the photo, Patrick is talking with two Iraqi Catholics about the persecution that’s going on there. The men had...
Being Instruments of Providence
SPSE’s National Director, Steve Dawson, joined the San Diego team as they evangelized this week on the Ocean Beach Municipal Pier. According to Steve, in the short time the team was out, they “talked with dozens — if not hundreds — of people and had lots of fun” doing...