Ward Bauman, Director – The Rev. Ward Bauman, became the director of the House of Prayer in 2002. Prior to this he served as a parish priest in the San Francisco bay area of California. During that time he developed an organization for interfaith dialogue as well as a spiritual life center for prayer and renewal. His history took him to the Middle East where he lived, worked and traveled, living in Iran for four and a half years. Returning to the U.S., he spent seven years in California’s Napa Valley helping to run a retreat center. All of these things have brought him to this present work where he brings together his passion for working with people in pursuit of a more profound spiritual life. He is the author of Sacred Food for Soulful Living, a cookbook of recipes from the House of Prayer kitchen, and translator with Lynn Bauman and Cynthia Bourgeault of The Luminous Gospels: Thomas, Mary Magdalene, and Philip.
Susan Sink, Administrator – Susan is a poet and writer, who brings her writing and organizational skills to the House of Prayer. She moved to the area to work on writing projects as a scholar at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Studies in 2005. Since then, she has worked for Liturgical Press and as communications director for the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict. She is the author of the Art of The Saint John’s Bible series, a book of poems, The Way of All the Earth and a blog on life on an 80-acre farm in St. Joseph, susansink.wordpress.com. Her position at the House of Prayer offers her the opportunity to balance work with time off to write and to practice the Benedictine values that are important to her as an Oblate of Saint John’s Abbey.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS *Indicates Executive Committee Member
*The Rt. Rev. Brian N. Prior (Chair) Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota brian.p@episcopalmn.org
*Mary Darnall (1st Vice Chair)
tmdarnall@charter.net
*The Rev. Ward J. Bauman (Director)
wbauman@csbsju.edu
*Michael Lilja (Treasurer)
mlilja@comcast.net
*Chris Howard (2nd Vice Chair)
choward4370@aol.com
Richard Burbach
Kathryn Casper, OSB
Rev. Joan Delamater
Stephen J. Dupont
Rev. Jeff Hansen
The Rev. Canon Timothy L. Hodapp
Brother Paul Jasmer
Colleen S. Johnson
Martin Lahn
Dianne Pizey
Bonnie Sherman
Advisory Counsel
Carole Baker
Tom Darnall
Barry P. Fernald
Updated 1/3/12
Phone: 320. 363.3293 | Postal Address: Episcopal House of Prayer, PO Box 5888, Collegeville, MN 56321-5888 Street Address: 14215 Fruit Farm Road
