by Mark Hornbacher | May 26, 2015 | Stories from the Street
A seminarian performed a silent experiment when he and fellow seminarians joined SPSE evangelists in Detroit, MI, as part of a recent Nightfever event. During Nightfever, a downtown church keeps its doors open all night long. Inside, priests were available to offer...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 25, 2015 | Homilies
HOMILY, Pentecost Sunday May 24, 2015 Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelization (www.streetevangelization.com) Life in the Spirit I’d like to begin this homily with the Sequence for today’s Mass. A sequence is a special hymn typically sung on...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 25, 2015 | Stories from the Street
At 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning, many children are already playing in the streets of Barrio Bambang in Los Banos, The Phillipines. And so our SPSE team was there to meet them and begin to introduce them to Faith in Jesus Christ. The children in the picture, 6- to...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 23, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Being a team member can give you the courage to take the Catholic Faith “to the streets”, as SPSE’s new team in Cohoes, NY, has discovered. Each SPSE evangelist on a team might bring different strengths and abilities to the mission, but God can use whatever we...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 22, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE teams go where people gather — for instance, the Saturday farmer’s market in Lincoln, NE. Visibly Catholic, with sign and offer of free Rosary, Lincoln’s SPSE evangelists easily engage many in friendly conversations about the Faith. Here are some recent...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 21, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Prayer is essential for evangelization. SPSE teams world-wide are often reminded that only the Holy Spirit changes hearts and we accomplish nothing without Him (cf. Jn 15:5). One team with a committed, simultaneous prayer group backing its on-the-street evangelization...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 20, 2015 | Homilies
HOMILY, Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord May 17, 2015 Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelization (Become a member: https://streetevangelization.com/begin-training/) The heaven-driven life A while back, I saw an odd commercial for one of...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 16, 2015 | Stories from the Street
We can touch on only a few stories from a recent Phoenix, AZ, session. For that outing, the Phoenix–NW team welcomed several first-time evangelists, as well as SPSE Tempe’s team leader, Sean Kelly. “Wes” was “searching for truth”. He was planning to attend Mass for...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 15, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE evangelists face the constant challenge of building people’s trust — in God, in Christians, in the Catholic Church. One way we do that is by simply showing up regularly at a particular place and being consistently friendly. Our San Francisco team has been...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 14, 2015 | Stories from the Street
One of our newest San Diego teams set up in Balboa Park, a park/museum area next to the San Diego Zoo and with buildings dating back to 1915. They had many visitors. An atheist group had also set up that day, and one of them came over to make provocative remarks. The...
