Finding Resilience
A Letter From Our Executive Director
"We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not…
March 2, 2025
The Darkness That We Share Together
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, In the office, we bend over hundreds and hundreds of white paper sacks—scooping mugs full of dusty sand…
January 26, 2025Growing in Wondrous Ways
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, Monday morning, Sr. Maria rings my home number to let me know the news. An enormous branch from…
December 17, 2024A Faculty Retreat in Manhattan Beach
InitiativesOn August 29, 2024, Bernadette Rudolph, Cranaleith’s Director for Facilitation and Strategic Partnerships, facilitated the start-of-the-school year retreat for the…
December 12, 2024Cranaleith’s Ministry to Women Veterans
Initiatives“There comes a time when we Veterans return to civilian life carrying more than our mottos and ways of living…
December 12, 2024Volunteer Spotlight
VolunteeringWe would like to highlight six of our volunteers that add to the beauty of Cranaleith by the contributions they…
December 12, 2024Holiday Sale Success: A Heartfelt Thank You!
Events, VolunteeringWe are thrilled to announce that our holiday popup sale was a resounding success, raising over $3,000! ($2816 from the…
December 1, 2024A 3-Year Native Tree Initiative
Initiatives, VolunteeringCranaleith received 2,050 native saplings as a part of a 3-year partnership with the Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light and…
November 8, 2024Thank You Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Elementary!
VolunteeringOn Nov. 4, seventh grade students from Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Elementary brought high energy to Cranaleith’s yearly leaf fall. The students…
November 4, 2024In Connection With One Another
A Letter From Our Executive Director, InitiativesDear Friends, Sr. Maria stands at my office desk and points, suddenly, past my shoulder to the open window behind…
October 24, 2024Young Adults & the Synod: A Pilgrimage to Rome – Part 3
EventsBefore I describe Thursday, Oct. 17 and Friday, Oct 18 of my pilgrimage in Rome with over 100 graduate and…
October 23, 2024Young Adults & the Synod: A Pilgrimage to Rome – Part 2
EventsGreetings again from Rome! Before I share with you what the CENTERS pilgrims did on Tuesday, Oct 15, and Wednesday,…
October 20, 2024Young Adults & the Synod: A Pilgrimage to Rome – Part 1
EventsCiao, amici! I am enjoying a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy, with over 100 students and thirty faculty and staff from…
October 17, 2024Villanova University Service Day!
VolunteeringWhat a day! Last Saturday, the bus arrived and 35 young men from Phi Sigma Kappa at Villanova stepped off,…
September 10, 2024VIP Program Recap
Critical Concerns, ProgramsWhat moment in your story changed you the most? What message does your story carry? What is a moment where…
September 1, 2024Connecting to a Deeper Source
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorFor what is the mystical life but God coming to do what we cannot do? - Ruth Barrows, OCD Dear…
August 2, 2024Communities of Practice: A Successful Start at Cranaleith!
Initiatives"The retreat really allowed us to see a side of our coworkers that we had not experienced before. It allowed…
July 31, 2024Thank You Merion Mercy Academy!
VolunteeringOn July 8, eight high school students and two faculty from Merion Mercy Academy spent one of the hottest days of the…
July 8, 2024Home and Garden Day
EventsOn Saturday, June 29th, Cranaleith held a “fun” event for the whole family. Guests were able to walk the grounds…
July 3, 2024The Divine Within Yourself and One Another
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, For our staff retreat on Monday, I hurry to the boardroom, gripping two heavy boxes of mirrors that…
June 28, 2024
