PROPERTY OUTDOORS AT ST. FRANCIS SPRINGS PRAYER CENTER

Overview of Outdoor Spaces

• Size: 140-acre property.
• Features: Abundant natural beauty, including gardens, rock grottos, a winding stream, and vast woods.

Walking Trails

• Description: Numerous trails and paths throughout the property.
• Recommendation: Guests are encouraged to bring walking shoes to explore nature.

Stations of the Cross

• Purpose: Depicting Jesus’s Passion with a focus on social justice and peace.
• Location: Along one of the trails, offering a walking pilgrimage for contemplation.

Gardens & Grottos

• Availability: Throughout the property.
• Uses: Ideal for reading, writing, meditating, relaxing, and enjoying fresh air.

St. Francis & Leper Statue

• Significance: Symbolizes St. Francis's compassion and love, embodying the center’s core values of hospitality, contemplation, and justice.
• Creation Process:

• Initial Image: Created by Carrie Hill Lock.
• Construction: Managed by the Cave Company, New York.

• Message: Emphasizes the transformative power of contemplative prayer and outreach to the vulnerable and marginalized.
• Dedication: To Cosmas and Shirley Robless and their family, advocates for the marginalized, underprivileged, and estranged.
• Inauguration Date: March 5, 2019.