At St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, our hope is to be a place of abundant blessing to all. The Blessings Weekend was born out of our own experience of blessing from the countless remarkable people who touch this place. Each year we select an individual or ministry who reflects the life of St. Francis and St. Clare while embodying our core Fransciscan values of hospitality, justice, and contemplation. The Blessings Weekend is a time to bring together all those who have been blessed by the chosen individual or ministry in celebration of the very blessing they are. 

This quote from John O’Donohue beautifully articulates our heart and hope behind the Blessings Weekend:

“It would be lovely if we could rediscover our power to bless one another. I believe each of us can bless. When a blessing is invoked, it changes the atmosphere. Some of the plentitude flows into our hearts from the invisible neighborhood of loving kindness. In the light and reverence of blessing, a person or situation becomes illuminated in a completely new way… The quiet eternal that dwells in our souls is silent and subtle; in the activity of blessing it emerges to embrace and nurture us. Let us begin to learn how to bless one another. Whenever you give a blessing, a blessing returns to enfold you.”