Archived Stories
St. Anthony, Help Us Find the Lost
Cortland, NY. Here is a report from Caleb, of the Cortland team: What an amazing two days! I set up the table and sign at our local St. Anthony's Italian Festival on both Saturday evening and Sunday. A lot of people both Catholic and non-Catholic were curious about...
A Family Affair
Gaithersburg, MD. Here is a great post from one of our Urban Missionaries, Joanne: Meet Tobias. He is not our youngest evangelist, but he sure comes close, being only four years old. Certainly one of the cutest, he may also be among our best! But can kids spread the...
Curbside Confessions!
Royal Oak, MI. Beth reported that they were blessed to have Father Patrick join their street evangelization team. Father Patrick blessed the people he met, answered questions about the Catholic faith, heard confessions, and had a great time visiting with everyone he...
Fallen-Away Catholics
Wayne sends us this report from Lincoln, NE. He, along with Mary and Russ, were evangelizing at the Farmer’s Market in the Hay Market. According to Russ, they met quite a few Catholics that day, most of whom appreciated seeing Catholics evangelizing on the street – a...
“I want to become righteous and holy”
Detroit, MI. Some members of a few of our Detroit teams were recently evangelizing at a soup kitchen at All Saints Catholic Church in Detroit. Here are a couple of their encounters: Maisa had one conversation with a man named John. She offered him a rosary after he...
SPSE Metropolitan Meetings
Atlanta, GA. As our apostolate has grown, some areas have had more growth than others. The Greater Atlanta area is one of them. Recently these chapters of St. Paul Street Evangelization gathered together for a day of fellowship and a workshop aimed at learning about...
“Do you know where your dignity as a human person comes from?”
Dearborn, MI. Some of our Detroit area team leaders have been evangelizing together with groups of seminarians from Detroit’s Sacred Heart Major Seminary. They spent time bearing witness to the faith at the student centers of the University of Michigan Dearborn, and...
Planting Seeds of Faith
Lincoln, NE. Wayne reports that he, along with Bob, Brad, and Tom, spent a recent Saturday at a farmer’s market. They had great success handing out rosaries, medals, and pamphlets, seemingly even more material than usual. However, although people seemed to appreciate...
A Hot Day in Georgia
Robert sends this report from Decatur, GA: Our visit to Decatur was welcoming as usual. The foot traffic was affected by the unusually hot temperatures, so we had fewer encounters than usual. We welcomed a first-time evangelizer into our SPSE group, Monica, who is a...
An Encounter Between East and West
Marietta, GA. Among the many people we met during our evangelizing with SPSE were a young mother and her son. We learned that she is Greek Orthodox, but she accepted the rosary and pamphlets that we gave her. We spent about twenty minutes with her, discussing the...