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Critical Concerns, Events
“The CDC's data shows that gun violence claimed 46,728 lives in 2023, marking the third-highest number of gun-related deaths ever…
June 7, 2024
The Sanctuary That is Cranaleith Spiritual Center
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, Elizabeth (Director of Hosted Groups) and I kneel on the rough planks of the front porch of the…
May 29, 2024Our 25th Anniversary Gala
EventsThank you for supporting our remarkable 25th Anniversary Gala on May 16, 2024. You helped this celebration truly special, and…
May 20, 2024Seeing Our Faces in the Light
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorMay 5, 2024 Dear Friends, Photographs lie in neat piles on my desk, but I am stressed because of a…
May 6, 2024Temple University, Research Design Site
VolunteeringIn April, graduating Seniors majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University presented the results of their Senior Research…
April 29, 2024Shadow and Light
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, My husband, youngest daughter and I will be racing to upstate New York this Monday, chasing the solar…
April 5, 2024The Glimmering Light of Hope
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, The tour guide, ten college students and I walk as quickly as we can from the parked bus,…
March 1, 2024Listening for the Waters to Rush Free
A Letter From Our Executive Director"May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you…
February 2, 2024A New Journey
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Beloved Cranaleith Community, As we stand on the threshold of a new year, all of us at Cranaleith are…
December 22, 2023Listening Deeply: A Profoundly Powerful Act
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, Parked in the cell phone lot at the Philadelphia International Airport, I listen for a call. Two of…
December 1, 2023Cranaleith’s Care for the Earth
Critical ConcernsAfter the successful submission of a comprehensive application to the Penn State Extension office, Cranaleith received official notice that the…
November 2, 2023Listen for the Language of Wholeness
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorAll this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving…
November 2, 2023October 22nd, 2023: Walking With One Another
EventsHello from the airplane en route to Philadelphia. Besides feeling cramped from the long flight, I am immensely grateful for…
October 23, 2023October 19, 2023: Praying With Pope Francis
EventsWow! This week is flying! On Tuesday, friends and I had a guided tour of the Gesu, the Jesuit Church…
October 19, 2023October 16, 2023: My First Full Day in Rome!
EventsCiao from Roma to everyone in the Cranaleith community! My first full day here in support of the Synod on…
October 18, 2023An Interconnected and Sacred Creation
NewsWhen Cranaleith first opened our doors as a spiritual center, we had experienced very little rainfall over the Spring and…
October 11, 2023Listen to the Space Between
A Letter From Our Executive Director"Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10. Dear Friends, At Cranaleith, the crickets chirp loudly in…
September 27, 2023St John’s Hospice/Shelter: Restorative Moments for the Men
VolunteeringThe men from St. John’s Hospice, a shelter for men experiencing homelessness, came every Thursday, April – November, to work…
September 25, 2023A Wellspring of Mercy
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, Stepping out barefoot on the warm boards of our back deck, my younger daughter and I crane our…
September 18, 2023If These Walls Could Talk
A Letter From Our Executive DirectorDear Friends, "Negative space" is a term used in art to describe the space surrounding a subject–that essential and important…
September 18, 2023
