Endorsements & Commendations

I am very happy to have the occasion to express my deepest esteem for St. Paul Street Evangelization. This apostolate, inspired by the Servant of God Fr. John Hardon of the Society of Jesus, is doing a tremendous work in bringing Christ and his truth and love to all parts of the United States and also in other nations. I give my wholehearted support to the work and I pray for it daily that it will continue and grow for the sake of the salvation of many souls. I am happy on this occasion to recommend to you St. Paul Street Evangelization and urge you to become involved with it.

I am happy to note about the activities of the St. Paul Street Evangelization. It isn’t just priests or religious brothers and sisters who should speak about Christ, it is every baptized person. All of us can share. It can be for many of those people the beginning of a new conversion. May God bless the efforts of all those who organize St. Paul Street Evangelization, those who engage in it, and those who profit from this form of witness in Christ. The Holy Spirit has not ceased in giving new gifts to the Church. God bless you.

I am writing to commend you on the work of St. Paul Street Evangelization. This apostolate is certainly helping to fulfill the Great Commission by bolstering the confidence of Catholics in a non-confrontational approach to evangelizing people in their local community.

One of the new methods of evangelization I would like to recommend is the work of St. Paul Street Evangelization. I, having personally participated in their work of street evangelization, enthusiastically endorse this group. I encourage you to join me in offering your prayers and support for this organization.

I want to take the opportunity to commend St. Paul Street Evangelization and their missionaries for bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ out into the streets. Friends, St. Paul Street Evangelization proclaims our Catholic faith in the public square.

It is always good to acclaim the zeal and energy and faith of those who wish to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are all responsible for announcing that Gospel. One group which is doing this work quite forthrightly in the world is the St. Paul Street Evangelization.

I am repeatedly edified by the zeal of our young people and the souls affiliated with Saint Paul Street Evangelization exemplify that zeal. I pray that their number increases, that their zeal remains unabated and that they receive a warm welcome in our parishes, communities, institutions and most especially in our streets.

I am writing to express my support for the work of Saint Paul Street Evangelization in the Diocese of Phoenix. Those involved in Saint Paul Street Evangelization put a human face on the Church. For those who would never consider seeking the truth by contacting a Catholic parish, they are given an opportunity to learn what the Church truly believes and practices. This can be a powerful gift to our community.

Service to the New Evangelization requires of all of us a capacity for compassionate listening to the struggles of believers and non-believers alike, as well as a willingness to speak God’s truth from the heart of the one Church founded on the Apostle Peter. As an organization that acts sentire cum ecclesia, St. Paul Street Evangelization is welcome in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

I am happy to provide you with this letter of commendation for St. Paul Street Evangelization. In this Year of Faith, and having been called to foster the New Evangelization, it is my hope that your organization will bring many to the love of Jesus Christ and His Church.

The New Evangelization is of the utmost importance for the Church as she seeks to give firm and faithful witness to the world that Jesus Christ suffered, died, and has truly risen as he said. St. Paul Street Evangelization offers the Church another way to spread the Gospel to all nations. It is my hope that St. Paul Street Evangelization will increase in the Lord and bear great fruit among the people of God and those who do not yet know Him.

I am very grateful not only to know about St. Paul Street Evangelization, but to support you in this important outreach. Thank you for your leadership. I am pleased that in New Orleans we, through your leadership, are represented in this way.

I wish to express my gratitude to you, the members of your board, and all who have supported your vibrant apostolate. Please be assured of my prayerful support of St. Paul Street Evangelization now and in the years to come.

When I was the pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish in Gaithersburg, MD, I met some of your Street Evangelization people. They had some success speaking to people at bus stops. They asked for space in our school one evening a week to follow up with those interested and we were able to accommodate them. I pray that God may abundantly bless your ministry, so needed at this time.

For this reason I am welcoming St. Paul Street Evangelization (SPSE) to the Diocese. Since its inception, it has proven to be a practical and effective way to realize the grace and vocation proper to the Church. SPSE is an apostolate that will help train and empower the laity to be evangelizers.

Street evangelism is as old as the gospel itself. The Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ were the first street preachers announcing the good news of salvation and the Church in the streets of the Roman Empire. This tradition was practiced by the great saints throughout history and is alive again with and spreading across the globe. The faithful Catholics who make up St. Paul Street Evangelism live up to their name. Support them, follow them, join them!

I wanted to thank you for coming to the Twin Cities. You really did a great job of presenting the material and leading the people. I’m grateful for your efforts and pray that the Lord will bring about a lot of fruit as a result of the weekend.

St. Paul Street Evangelization breaks through the virtual cocoon of misleading videos, blogs, and discussion groups by presenting and defending the Catholic Faith with real, living, holy, intelligent, good-humored, and well-equipped Catholics who are prepared to enter into the public arena as an outreach and a witness to the truth of Christ and His Church. People can easily dismiss an idea, but it is much more difficult to dismiss a person who embodies that idea. For this reason, St. Paul Street Evangelization is needed now more than ever.

This is what Saint Paul Street Evangelization is all about and does so very well. In response to the call for a new evangelization, the members of this incredible apostolate share their love for the Catholic faith in response to the grace they received in baptism — they are sowers planting seeds. Saint Paul Street Evangelization recognizes that each baptized Catholic has a mission and calling to actively share their experience of knowing Jesus Christ personally, and then inviting others to do the same.

Today, Catholics need to reclaim their heritage of fervent evangelism and robust, confident apologetics. St. Paul Street Evangelization is doing exactly that. It’s an exciting, rapidly expanding, on-fire group of Catholics who joyfully share the Catholic faith in a congenial, relaxed, non-pushy way. As a street evangelist myself in my evangelical Protestant days, I resonated with this group right away, and have given it my unqualified, enthusiastic support. I strongly urge anyone who recognizes the importance of Catholic evangelistic outreach, to generously support SPSE.