Stories from the Street
Real stories of faith and encounter from the streets
StoryHumbled By God’s Love
I was squeezing in a quick walk very early in the morning. I entered a small, quiet, neighborhood near my home. As I turned onto the entrance street, I saw from a…
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StoryDoing St. Vincent’s Work
At the end of our recent St. Vincent de Paul visit I gave out a Sacred Heart holy card, a Catholic Prayer Devotional and a pocket Catholic Catechism. Sometimes I will give…
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StoryYou Are Always Welcome at Mass
I spoke to Jim (a man in his sixties) after seeing him at morning Mass. He was conspicuously uncomfortable, and during Holy Communion he came up only for a blessing. After Mass…
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StoryThird Annual Rosary Coast to Coast
What a blessing to be at the Rosary Coast to Coast event in Detroit. (Our Canadian counterparts were praying at the same time just across the river in Windsor, Ontario.) Hundreds congregated…
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StoryFuneral Mass Predicament
My family was recently together for a Funeral Mass for an aunt who had died. One of my cousins, who was a former Catholic and now Mormon, attended from out of state…
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