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1. Never Underestimate a Seed Sown by Griffin Rain

2. Upcoming Events - be sure not to miss!

3. Volunteers Needed

Never Underestimate a Seed Sown
By Griffin Rain

Recently, I met a man while I was evangelizing on the city bus who shared a story with me about how he was considering taking his life earlier in life and was playing Russian roulette with one bullet in a revolver. As he put the gun to his head, in the corner of his eye he saw a picture of Jesus. He was reminded of one of the only times that he went to church as a child, they preached on Jesus in the desert and how you shall not put the Lord your God to the test. He realized he was putting God to the test. He took the gun away from his head and shot at the wall right in front of him and out came the bullet that would have ended his life. This was from a seed that was planted many years prior and he was not practicing the faith at this time. We must never underestimate the power of one seed sown. It may take years, but a person may remember one thing that you shared about God at the time that they most needed it.

Keep scattering seeds wherever you go. Some may be "wasted" but this is the generosity of God. He is infinitely good and will keep reaching out to us in love. He keeps scattering seed everywhere and so should we!

We then continued to have conversation and he shared about how he has been trying to practice the faith while oftentimes falling short. I encouraged him to persevere in God's love and then we went our separate ways as the bus got to his stop.

This encounter also brought to mind for me how our lady is praying for us now and at the hour of our death. She was looking out for him at this moment that could have been his hour of death.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Upcoming Events

Check the bottom of our homepage for our upcoming events calendar.

Moving, Building and Cleaning Day - We need your help! When we moved back in November, most of our furniture items we moved to the garage until the tenants in the house we are in moved out. They just moved out this week and we would love to have some help moving these big items inside. We will also need some help doing a deep clean of their unit and building some shelves, hanging artwork, etc. Join us this Saturday, March 1st at 11am to help. Lunch will be provided. Meet at 2126 W Michigan St. Milwaukee, WI 53233.

Men's Open House Discipleship Night - Join us for the Men's Open House Discipleship Night on Friday nights at the Street Disciple House. We are planning to have the first one this Friday, February 28th and would love to hear your ideas of what kind of formation to offer for this night going forward. It will be a open house so come when you can. The plan for this first one is prepare dinner 5pm until ready, eat; evening prayer 6:30pm; 7pm discussion on what formation you need to be a disciple of Jesus; 8pm to 10pm game night/ social. We will conclude with Night Prayer at 10pm. Feel free to invite friends!

Young Adult Group Talk - Griffin will be giving a talk at St. Stanislaus at the Sursum Corda young adult group (ages 18-39) on Monday, March 3rd. The talk will be on evangelization. There will be Mass at 6pm followed by the talk and social at 7pm in the parish rectory. 524 W Historic Mitchell St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

Come and See – We are encouraging men who are interested in our way of life to visit for a come and see. We encourage longer visits such as a week-long visit. We are open to having visitors most weeks so if you have a week that will work for you, contact us and we can have you for a visit. To set up a visit call/text (414) 235-7307 or e-mail [email protected].

Lunch in the Park - We will be serving food at the Cream City Garden homeless camp (1307 N 13th St) on Saturday, March 15th from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Volunteers are needed on two teams - Kitchen team and Evangelist team. Please contact us if you can make it. We begin at the Street Disciple House at 11am. You are encouraged to join us for Mass beforehand at the Joan of Arc Chapel at 10am.

Missionary Associates – Join us for our next Missionary Associates Dinner. This month it will take place on Monday, March 24th. This is for people who volunteer with the missionaries or are interested in volunteering/supporting our work. We hope that this continues building up the community around the missionaries, getting to know others and energizing more people to start working for the salvation of souls here in Milwaukee. This occurs at the Street Disciple House located at 2126 W Michigan St, Milwaukee, WI 53233. The schedule for the event is as follows:

• Evening Prayer 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm

• Short talk from Griffin with discussion 5:50 pm - 6:10 pm

• Dinner and socializing 6:15 pm onward

If you can't make it this time, plan for the 4th Monday of each month. If you would like to be on our text updates list, please text (414) 235-7307 your name and we will add you.

Volunteers Needed
(Contact 414-235-7307 to help)

• Starting in Lent, we will be moving the start time of our Way of the Cross through the city streets back to Fridays at 3pm. Meet at 12th and Wisconsin Ave.

• 3rd Saturday of the month - Lunch in the Park. Volunteers needed for serving food and/or evangelizing. Meet at the Street Disciple House at 11am.

• 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Saturdays - big group evangelization at a high foot traffic area from 10:30am - 2:30pm.

Needed Items
(Click underline for link to donate)

• Street Disciple House Items

  Dressers, twin size beds & frames, serving table, china cabinet

• Street Evangelization/Preaching Items, Amazon List 

• Financial Donations for Missionary Formation & Operation of Street Disciple House

• Wood 2x4's (8ft) for the Weekly Way of the Cross

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About the Missionaries of the Real Presence

The Missionaries of the Real Presence aims to assist in the apostolic renewal of the church by intentionally discipling men living in community and encouraging missionary vocations in the church. We participate in Christ’s evangelizing work for the salvation of souls especially seeking out those who have been spiritually neglected. We introduce people to Jesus through intentional conversation, preaching, teaching, and prayer. We engage in direct evangelization in the public forum on the city streets, on public transit, in homes and share the good news of Christ with those we meet. All of this flows from a life of prayer and union with Jesus as our source.

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