by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 17, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 15, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 14, 2016 | Stories from the Street
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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 13, 2016 | Homilies
“I WILL DRAW EVERYONE TO MYSELF” –Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelization (www.streetevangelization.com) The Fifth Sunday of Lent marks a point of acceleration towards Calvary, towards the saving death of Jesus Christ on the Cross for...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 12, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Berkeley, CA. Recently the Berkeley team had four evangelists at El Cerrito Plaza. They worked at the plaza because of the threat of rain and because a wide open space could accommodate that many evangelists. Here is the account of one of the evangelists, Dave: “I met...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 11, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Uniontown, PA. To be an official team on an official outing of Saint Paul Street Evangelization, one of the requirements is that you need at least two evangelists. But sometimes you have to start small. Molli is one of our new friends here at SPSE. She doesn’t yet...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 10, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Phoenix, AZ. Sometimes, evangelists need to be on their toes, ready to respond with tact to sensitive questions and other awkward situations. The Phoenix Northwest team set up recently in front of the downtown library to evangelize amongst a mixture of book lovers and...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 9, 2016 | Stories from the Street
San Diego, CA. Let’s admit it, many people are simply afraid to evangelize. (You may even be one of them!) … Why are they afraid to evangelize? Primarily, it seems that they are worried that their efforts to share the faith with others will receive negative reactions....
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 8, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Bloomington, IN. Each person on earth is created and redeemed by and for Jesus Christ. Furthermore, each person is meant, in Jesus, for the fullness of the life of grace. So when we go out to evangelize, we generally find out where a person is at, and then seek to...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 7, 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...
