by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 6, 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 | Mar 5, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Dearborn, MI. Evangelist Maisa, and seminarians from Detroit’s Sacred Heart Major Seminary recently went evangelizing at the U of M, Dearborn, Student center. Maisa recounts how many great conversations she and the seminarians had with Muslims, Agnostics, Lutherans,...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 4, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Berkeley, CA. Please pray for Paul from Napa, California, as he gets a new team started. Paul attended a recent evangelization outing with the Berkeley, California team. It was his first time doing street evangelization. At first, together with another “new guy,” Paul...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 3, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lansing, MI. On a recent outing, Adam and Tom spoke to Benji, who had stopped by to speak to them before. Benji is studying philosophy and advertising at Michigan State University. He believes in God, loves Jesus, and knows how important it is to worship with other...
by Mark Hornbacher | Mar 2, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Dallas, TX. “Have no fear … nor be troubled, but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence; and keep your conscience clear, so...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 25, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Springfield, MO. A new team has recently checked in with the SPSE national office! The new Springfield, Missouri team sent us an update after having its first outing doing evangelization outreach at the Midwest March for Life. They handed out rosaries, promoted the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 24, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Lansing, MI. What is it about our culture that leads so many people to become indifferent about the need to give due honor and worship to God (aka the virtue of religion)? Many things have at times been cited – from consumerism to scientism to nihilism – as the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 23, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Sierra Vista, AZ. Recently, the Sierra Vista SPSE team went to the “Christian Comm-Unity Ministry Fair” and set up their own Catholic information table in the midst of many other Christian tables of various denominations. The team was a last minute entry, and set up...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 22, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Berkeley, CA. Gratitude is a common virtue among street evangelists. When you get out there, spend some time giving out rosaries and talking to people, shake off the initial anxiety, and have some real human encounters, you start to think something like, “So, this is...
by Mark Hornbacher | Feb 21, 2016 | Stories from the Street
Riverside, CA. Team Riverside reported in recently. Here’s what they had to say: “Team Riverside goes out every two weeks. We meet many people and give away many rosaries. So many that I asked our parish if they could donate rosaries. They responded very generously.”...
