Archived Stories
Worship is the Way to Peace and Joy
Our newest San Diego team set up recently in Balboa Park, a park/museum area next to the San Diego Zoo and with buildings dating back to 1915. They had many visitors. An atheist group had also set up that day, and one of them came over to make provocative remarks. The...
Why Purgatory?
A report from the Las Vegas, Nevada team: This lady was a fallen-away Catholic. Did not get a chance to spend much time with her, but did give her a rosary, how to say it, and a pamphlet on "Ten Reasons to Return to the Catholic Church." She said she would. There was...
Where Did the Bible Come From?
SPSE’s Dallas team often explains where the Bible itself came from. Many people had never thought about it. The only Scriptures the first Christians had were from the Old Testament. The earliest book, though, of the New Testament (1 Thessalonians) wouldn’t be written...
Evangelization is Easy and Fun!
After a two day Basic Evangelization Training workshop at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit many of our trainees went evangelizing with the team at Noel Night in Detroit. Our team members offered rosaries to those passing and asked if they knew that the rosary is...
The Unity of Christ’s Church, or “God-made religion”
SPSE teams, like the one in Enterprise, AL, continue to invite people into the unity of the Catholic Church. Here, evangelists Nick and Pete speak with a group of non-Catholic Christians who belonged to a denomination emphasizing the use of a private prayer language,...
Words of Wisdom From A Visiting Evangelist
The Portland team was joined by a Catholic evangelist named Rico who was visiting from Jamaica. Rico originally went to Jamaica as a Protestant missionary but had a conversion experience (back) to Catholicism. He became troubled by the disunity and denominations all...
“Three Beautiful Souls”
Here is a heartwarming story from the Oxnard, CA, team. Christopher sends us this report: “These three beautiful souls were all homeless men struggling with their current life situation. The young man with the white beard asked me (after I identified myself as...
Talking to that “The End Is Near” Guy
Steve talked to this protestant man for quite a while. He had stopped by several times, always carrying with him a sign that says, "The End is Near." This time, we had the opportunity to speak with him about the Church and cleared up many misconceptions that he had...
Heaven Or Hell?
SPSE National Director, Steve Dawson, recently joined Chicago’s Humboldt Park team for a lively session of Catholic street evangelization. He reports that the team was able to talk with many people. He found the following conversation especially memorable. One man, in...
Jesus: Desire of All Nations
Four evangelists from the San Francisco team took the Catholic Faith to the downtown Civic Center Plaza. This is a very busy hub with tourists, homeless, workers, and people from every race, age, religion, culture, and walk of life. One passerby was a young Chinese...
