Archived Stories
Seeking Out the Lost Sheep
As always, when SPSE’s Dallas team hits the streets, their key concerns are 1) reaching fallen-away Catholics and other inactive Christians, 2) reaching people with no relationship with God, and 3) clearing up misconceptions about Catholicism. The team talked with one...
Evangelization with Saint Patrick
The Lansing, MI Team went out to evangelize on St. Patrick's day with St. Patrick holy cards. Many people gladly accepted the holy cards and we were able to explain the true story of St. Patrick. We met a young man from Ethiopia who belongs to the Ethiopian Orthodox...
Nightfever Detroit and Doc Robot
St. Paul Street Evangelization partnered with the Archdiocese of Detroit to bring Nightfever to Detroit. Nightfever is an intiative which grew out of World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, and is spreading across Europe and North America with Nightfevers now taking place...
New Evangelist Gets Right to Work
A new man evangelized with SPSE’s very active Team Enterprise, AL, and then decided to do it regularly! Team Enterprise's report introduces Manny Andino — a 4th degree Knights of Columbus and former Council Grand Knight — as super helpful, familiar with Catholic...
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...