Archived Stories
Catholic Teens in DC
Teens from the Diocese of Lansing, MI, went to the national March for Life in Washington, DC, joining hundreds of thousands of others on the anniversary of the Roe vs Wade decision. The young Catholics were led by SPSE program director, Adam Janke, who has brought...
“Just Lay People Spreading God’s Truth”
During their recent outing, the Enterprise, AL, team received a repeat visitor. Veteran evangelist Mikey Torres recalls that on the woman’s first visit, she had asked why Catholics confess to a priest. Satisfied with the team’s Biblical explanation for the practice,...
The Answer to Fear
SPSE’s San Francisco team found the Civic Center a great place to encounter people of ALL types: professionals, city and county employees, lawyers, law students, professors, homeless, and local residents. But what did the team say? What one thing did most all have in...
The Bible & The Rosary
The weather finally turned favorable in Enterprise, AL, so the SPSE team was evangelizing. They spoke with many people who were also out enjoying the good weather. One couple was new to the area. The wife was looking for a Catholic parish and her husband, although not...
Salvation in Jesus Christ
The Orange Park, FL, team attended a big community event and talked with so many non-Catholics that they ran out of both SPSE’s Salvation and Becoming Catholic pamphlets. They also gave away 150 Rosaries and invited many inactive Catholics to return to the Faith....
Pray Daily!
Temperatures were in the single digits, wind chill below zero, but crowds gathered for the Plymouth, MI, Ice Festival. So the SPSE team was there, too. Evangelists met many people who were happy to receive a Rosary and prayers. One woman was glad to see us Catholics...
The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy
Here our evangelist Julian speaks to a fallen away Catholic about the importance of having a deep relationship with Jesus Christ in the Church that He Founded. The man was having hard times and seemed to lack joy and peace in his life. Julian was able to tell the man...
Everyday Catholics
Our Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom team reported, "Penny, Judith and I were joined by Jean who is an inquirer in our RCIA group and looking forward to being received into the Church. Jean was a great evangelist and engaged in conversation with a lot of people. For...
Infant Baptism and the Bible
One of our evangelists, Nick, talked at length with a Protestant gentleman about being “Born Again” and the doctrine of infant baptism. This man said infant baptism was a heresy because infants were unable to have faith at that age and that you should only be Baptized...
“If God wanted me Catholic, then He would…”
SPSE’s Boise team set up in the downtown area called "The Grove." One visitor told them he belonged to two non-Catholic Christian congregations, from the two extremes of his denomination. Evangelist Val Allen asked, “Have you ever considered becoming Catholic?” “No,”...
