by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 24, 2015 | 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...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 23, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Detroit, MI. Did you know that some of our teams evangelize at airports? The Detroit team made a recent outing to Detroit Metro Airport, and we received reports from John, and Anne. How did it go? Although they had to obtain permits to evangelize in the airport, and...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 22, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Baltimore, MD. Here’s a witness from one of our very active evangelists, Joanne! “On a Friday night in November, fifteen Catholics from the MD, DC, and VA area gathered around SPSE’s founder, Steve Dawson, for an evening of evangelization in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor....
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 21, 2015 | 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 | Dec 20, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Cohoes, NY. Prayer is powerful. It consoles, it heals, and it encourages faith. To offer someone prayer, and to pray for them, is almost universally received well. Many of our teams offer to pray for the people they encounter in the streets and parks and parishes –...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 19, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Phoenix, AZ. The Phoenix Northwest Team evangelized at The First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Phoenix recently. This event draws all kinds of folk: protestors, “Krampus” devotees, art lovers, college students, musical acts, and even children. Our evangelists...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 18, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Plymouth, MI. In the picture here, we see Chad from the Plymouth, MI team talking to two women about the Catholic Church. One of these ladies is not Catholic, while the other is; Chad gave the former a good reason to consider the Catholic Church, and encouraged the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 17, 2015 | Stories from the Street
New York, NY. Have you ever heard an account of an event that you just wish you were there to see? Evangelist Jenny sent us a report of her experience at a recent “Nightfever” event in New York. Nightfever is a Catholic evangelization event where a special evening of...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 16, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Bloomington, IN. Remember Fr. Ignatius? He’s really good at sending us stories from the street. Here’s his latest offering: The campus of Indiana University. A tall, dark, young man, presumably a student, is quickly moving by where I am standing. “Would you like...
by Mark Hornbacher | Dec 15, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Bloomington, IN. Our national director, Steve Dawson, is, unsurprisingly, quite experienced in street evangelization. Not only that, but his natural enthusiasm captures the attention of the people he encounters, and his zeal keeps him going for as long as they’ll stay...
