Archived Stories
St. Louis Reports In
St. Louis, MO. Here is a quick report from Saint Louis – Downtown / Belleville Team coordinator Jim Hooper: “We wanted to share with you an update from the Street Evangelization Outing on the morning of 10/31, All Hallows' Eve. The gathering of local teams with...
Encouragements, Compliments, and Thank-yous
Dallas, TX. Our evangelists receive lots of positive responses on the street. Very often, they get encouragement, compliments, and thanks for the work they are doing. Sometimes, they hear someone say, with a smile, something like, “It’s about time the Catholics got...
Prayerful Listening
Royal Oak, MI. While evangelizing at Royal Oak's “Spooktacular,” a family-friendly Halloween event, an evangelist from the Royal Oak, Michigan SPSE team met a beautiful woman named Tanya. Tanya shared that because of a questionable thyroid nodule, she will undergo a...
“One of the Best Days of My Priestly Life”
Bloomington, IN. The priest, in a special way, is called to evangelize. In 2010, speaking of the three offices of the priest, Pope Benedict XVI said, “The Lord has entrusted a great task to priests: to be heralds of his word, of the Truth that saves; to be his voice...
A Critical Point
Smyrna, GA. There are number of important points to learn about street evangelization. Can you pick out the important one in the following story? Peggy reports on a recent outing at the Jonquil Fall Festival: “It was a fruitful weekend in Smyrna. Families, individuals...
To Thank Us, Pray the Rosary
Spotsylvania, VA. The Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a prayer recommended to us often, with strong emphasis and great promises. As a prayer of meditation on the mysteries of Christ’s life and salvific work, in union with the intercession of his holy mother, the...
We Must Pray to Be Saved
Detroit, MI. As St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote, you have to pray to be saved. In order to go to heaven when we die, we must have established some kind of friendship with God. As Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” But you can't be in...
Ongoing Friendships
Decatur, GA. Many of our teams establish ongoing friendships with people they meet on the street, and have “regulars,” that they encounter. Robert and Ray report in for the Decatur Team: “Decatur continues to be an ideal location to present and share our Catholic...
Giving Out Sacramentals
ROYAL OAK, MI - The Royal Oak Team went out evangelizing downtown Royal Oak, at what is known as the "Spooktacular." The Spooktacular is a Halloween event for the whole family. Parents were invited to bring their children in their Halloween costumes for...
A Rosary-Praying Baptist
Royal Oak, MI. While evangelizing in Royal Oak, our evangelist Randy met a man playing a guitar. Randy asked him if he would like a free rosary, and he said, "Thank you! I used to have one and lost it." Randy then asked him if he prays the rosary, which he did....