by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 13, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Baltimore, MD. Catholicism is not a do-it-yourself activity. Christianity is not a club. Faith is not a feeling. … What are they, then? Catholicism is a new, different way of living. Christianity is a discipleship. Faith is an obedience. Recently, some of our...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 12, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Snellville, GA. One of the most important aspects of what we do on the streets is pray for people. Prayer is where things happen. Prayer is where we give God permission to do what He does best. Prayer manifests the hearts of those praying and those prayed for. Prayer...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 11, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Snellville, GA. Pablo and Don came to Snellville to evangelize at the newly designed and renovated Towne Green during the weekly farmers market. They are team members from Prince of Peace parish. They handed out dozens of rosaries and tracts on how to pray the rosary....
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 10, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lincoln, NE. We live for moments like these. When the fruits of our efforts come back to us, it encourages us to continue on doing what we’re doing, even when the fruits are not visible to us. How can it get any better than running into someone you have evangelized,...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 9, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lincoln, NE. Here’s a recent check-in from Wayne: Our evangelists this Saturday were Sue, Tom, Bob and Bob’s daughter Katy. We started at 8 as we anticipated people may be out early to beat the heat and we were right. Joanne stopped by. She is a practicing Catholic...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 8, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 7, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Pendergrass, GA. Our evangelists don’t only evangelize on the streets. We’ve had teams set up at festivals, conferences, airports, parish events, homeless shelters, and more. Team leader Pablo of the Prince of Peace SPSE team in Atlanta recently sent us a report on...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 6, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Phoenix, AZ. Does praying for someone disrespect their free will? That is what one person suggested to the Phoenix, North West team during one of their recent outings. The man’s name was “Nick.” The team actually met him at the “First Friday Artwalk” on a previous...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 5, 2016 | Stories from the Street
From Father Mike, of the Rochester, New York Team: At a past outing to the Geneva Farmers Market evangelizers had the opportunity to pray with a young woman who was returning home to Ohio. She had come to Geneva to be with her birth mother, but the relationship did...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 4, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Portland, OR. This picture captures two great conversations. In the background you see Josh speaking to a young man who unexpectedly approached and asked for a rosary. Josh gave him the rosary and explained to him that it was a prayer. “Speaking of prayer,” the man...
