by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 31, 2016 | Homilies
HOMILY, Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God January 1, 2017 Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelization (www.streetevangelization.com) Today, we strive to understand better what it means for Mary to be, in the words of the poet Dante, “the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 21, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Gaithersburg, MD. Joanne reports on one of the special blessings of evangelization, an enthusiastic convert! We met Cristina on the street, a single mother of three. She was very sweet and spoke with us at length until we felt a bond between us all. She then agreed to...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 20, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Baltimore, MD. Evangelization is most appropriately carried out within what we might call “authentic human encounters.” What is an “authentic human encounter”? At the least, it is a human encounter where the freedom and dignity of the other is respected. Why is this...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 19, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Pensacola, FL. On the one hand, when street evangelizing, it is important to be bold. If you don’t speak the truth clearly, how can others ever come to know the truth and believe? On the other hand, while speaking clearly it is also important to not make your presence...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 18, 2016 | Stories from the Street
This recent report is from Deb, our Owatonna, Minnesota Regional Missionary. Kathy and Annie, two newly trained evangelists, set up a stand at the end of the St. Theodore’s church property during the local parade. We had a wonderful time. We got there about an hour...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 17, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Scituate, MA. Mother Teresa famously said that we are “not called to be successful, but faithful.” This truth should be held in mind by anyone wishing to obey the Lord’s command to share the gospel. There will be good fruits coming from your efforts, but there will...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 16, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Gaithersburg, MD. We are in the process of developing a series of small group meetings for helping bring seekers closer to entrance into the Church. While doing street evangelization, we can invite people to join us at a regular, weekly small group meeting. Joanne,...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 15, 2016 | Stories from the Street
This report comes from Donna, of the South Windsor SPSE team: We were in downtown Manchester in a great location, right in front of the park and near the bus stop. Because it was such a high-traffic area, we were able to talk to many people. Among them was Chris, who...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 14, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Tyler, TX. The Tyler St. Paul Street Evangelization Team went out to a local park that was hosting a fun day for children with a craft bazaar as well. If you do not live in the south you may find this quite strange, but once a year the city of Tyler has a “snow...
