by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 19, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Our Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom team reported, “Penny, Judith and I were joined by Jean who is an inquirer in our RCIA group and looking forward to being received into the Church. Jean was a great evangelist and engaged in conversation with a lot of people....
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 18, 2015 | Homilies
HOMILY: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time January 18, 2015 Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelizationwww.streetevangelization.com “A Temple of the Holy Spirit” We Catholics have the strangest religion that has ever existed. There have...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 17, 2015 | Stories from the Street
One of our evangelists, Nick, talked at length with a Protestant gentleman about being “Born Again” and the doctrine of infant baptism. This man said infant baptism was a heresy because infants were unable to have faith at that age and that you should only be Baptized...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 16, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Boise team set up in the downtown area called “The Grove.” One visitor told them he belonged to two non-Catholic Christian congregations, from the two extremes of his denomination. Evangelist Val Allen asked, “Have you ever considered becoming...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 15, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Wow, it was very cold recently but that didn’t stop our Our Lady of Good Counsel team in Plymouth, MI. It was the annual Ice Festival and thousands attend each year. One of our evangelists reports, “I shared my story with a married couple. The husband was...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 13, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Lincoln, NE, team set up in front of their parish, St. Mary’s. During their time there, there was both a wedding and the Saturday evening Mass, so the team were able to give away many Rosaries and medals to a large crowd. The evangelists also took the time to...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 11, 2015 | Homilies
HOMILY: The Baptism of the Lord: January 11, 2015 Fr. Charlie Fox, Spiritual Director, St. Paul Street Evangelization (www.streetevangelization.com) Sharing in Christ’s goodness and mission The British Catholic author G.K. Chesterton was a prolific writer during the...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 10, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Many people come to know Jesus Christ for the first time among Protestant or Evangelical groups, and then enter into the unity of Christ’s Catholic Church later on. This story is shaping up to be one of these: The SPSE team from Tempe, AZ, set up downtown during...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 9, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s San Diego–North County team was working at Oceanside pier two days after Christmas. With the pre-holiday frenzy quieted, the team was able to hold some good conversations. For Catholics, the Christmas celebration doesn’t actually begin until the start of...
by Mark Hornbacher | Jan 8, 2015 | Stories from the Street
Our newest San Diego team set up recently 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...
