Sister Marcy Springer SSJ, from St. Francis Retreat House in Rancocas, NJ directs our workshop on nonviiolent communication .

Francis House of Prayer serves the people of the diocese of Trenton and beyond by providing a contemplative environment for prayer, spiritual direction, retreats and programs that foster a deepening relationship with God and ongoing spiritual growth that all people may be one with God and one another.

Sister Marcella Springer, SSJ, Director Francis House of Prayer
P.O. Box 392, Rancocas, New Jersey 08073
phone: 609-877-0509
email: FHOP@verizon.net

Our Resident Poet

Sister Natalie


Fog                                                     

Fog-thick as pea soup
Straining, squinting
Creeping, crawling.
Slowly shadows appear
and then - I see!
Inner fog -
Groping, grasping
Mulling, musing
Slowly concepts
surface
And then - clarity!

Tree Women                                         

Tall Trunk
bare branches
stark silhouette

A widow in November.

Snowy satin
Frozen filigree

Wedding white
A bride in December.                                               

Full form
Leafy branches
Noisy nestlings
A mother in May.