by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 22, 2015 | Stories from the Street, Uncategorized
Bloomington, IN. Here is our national director, Steve Dawson, at the Bloomington, Indiana Art Fair. He gave each of these two women a miraculous medal with a crucifix on a chain. This is a great way to do street evangelization – offering people a free gift as a way to...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 21, 2015 | Stories from the Street
South Windsor, CT. On a recent Thursday, Donna, Martha, and John set up at the “Summer Concert Series” on the town green in Windsor, Connecticut. Though they had a very fruitful outing, they first had to deal with some pushback. When they first arrived, as they were...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 20, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Stockton, CA. Evangelists from the Manteca, California SPSE team, headed north to Victory Park in Stockton, CA for the third week in a row. This time the team consisted of Corazon, Jaspher, and Jimmy, and they gave away about 40 rosaries and 15 Miraculous Medals plus...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 19, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Rehoboth Beach, DE. Dorothea and Katherine set up for about an hour on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, “to plant some seeds.” Dorothea reports, “We gave out 27 Rosaries and almost as many pamphlets on how to pray the rosary, how to pray the Chaplet of...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 18, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Santa Clarita, CA. Sometimes, to get someone back on the right path, you just need to be in the right place, at the right time. The Santa Clarita, California SPSE team set up outside a large department store (with permission, of course!), and spoke to many people over...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 17, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield, GA. Most times, street evangelization takes the form of casual conversations; evangelists making real contact with people. Clarence and Kevin of the Atlanta, Georgia SPSE team set up recently at the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield National...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 16, 2015 | Stories from the Street
San Francisco, CA. Ted and Robert from the San Francisco team went to Civic Center Plaza in late August. It was upbeat day from beginning to end. They met many Catholics who said they were regular attendees at Sunday Mass, including “Vay,” who is Vietnamese, and also...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 15, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Santa Clarita, CA. Recently, the Santa Clarita, California SPSE team spent six hours evangelizing outside of a local Walmart. They got permission of course! In fact, they had to fill out a form ahead of time. Boy was it worth it! Among them were three young...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 14, 2015 | Stories from the Street
This past Friday, the team met “Jan,” a young woman from a Quaker background. She said that she was raised in the Evangelical Friends church, but was considering becoming Catholic. She said that Catholic radio had been a big influence on her, and she had...
by Mark Hornbacher | Sep 13, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Plymouth, MI. An SPSE team in Michigan recently brought the faith to the streets at the “Heartbeat of Plymouth Festival, and encountered lots of non-Catholic Christians. Many of them were very receptive to hearing about the rosary, expressing the desire to have deeper...
