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A year of resilience

In a world heavy with uncertainty, Cranaleith Spiritual Center creates a space to pause, reflect, and rediscover the deep strength and interconnectedness that sustain us. This year, we focus on sharing stories and practices of resilience—to help us move through adversity, challenge, and into renewal. Cranaleith’s programs, events and retreats invite you to walk mindfully in nature and along the labyrinth’s path, participate in prayer and panel discussions, and discover creative connections. When drawing from these deep wells, we find ways to bend without breaking, to find hope in struggle, and to rise renewed. More than endurance, resilience comes as a spirit of transformation, nourished by connection with the sacred, with one another, and with all of creation. This is the healing our broken and hurting world longs for. Come to Cranaleith this year and be transformed.

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Online Programs

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On Demand Programs

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Evenings of Contemplative Prayer (virtual)

Maria DiBello, RSM

September 8, 2025 - May 18, 2026
A simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of God within us and within our broken/blessed world.

Knit, Crochet & Women’s Wisdom: January-March 2026

Cathy Maguire RSM

January 6 - March 18, 2026
Cranaleith
Womens' Circles have been part of our culture and tradition since ancient times. A place for women to connect, share and celebrate.  Join us as we knit and crochet projects each week, for various non-profit agencies. We have reflected on the words of Lisa Bogart (Knit, Purl, Pray), Joan Chittister (The…

Making Space in the Wilderness: An Ash Wednesday Retreat Day

Margie Winters

February 18, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Ash Wednesday invites us into the wilderness, a spacious landscape where clarity and hope can emerge. In the midst of full lives and constant noise, this retreat offers a gentle pause at the threshold of Lent: time to slow down, listen more deeply, and make room for what matters most.

Restorative Movement and Sacred Stillness (Session Four)

Bethany Weed

February 19, 2026
Online
Come find stillness, spiritual connection and rest during the cold winter months. This four-week virtual series will combine gentle yoga, time for reflection on art or poetry, and group sharing.

New Encounters Lenten Online Series

February 22 - March 22, 2026
Zoom
The spiritual wisdom of Catholics from nations and cultures around the world challenges us to reject that distorted view of each other, and to be transformed in Christ’s love. Our series will feature testimonies on the Lenten journey to the Cross by local Catholics whose faith was formed in Africa,…

Critical Concerns and Tech Ethics: A Conversation about A.I.

Nicholas Collura

February 25, 2026
Online
Many of us have strong feelings about AI—curiosity, hope, concern, unease—but we find ourselves grasping for a language with which to explore and articulate these feelings. This conversation offers a clear, accessible look at the ethical questions surrounding today’s Big Tech landscape, drawing on the presenter’s experience as a chaplain and…

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat February 27-28, 2026

Christine Konopelski, SSJ and John Buettler

February 27 - 28, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
What might happen if you took twenty-four hours to enter into the quiet and stillness with God?   Allow yourself the opportunity for spiritual renewal.

The Embodied Spiritual Exercises (6 Sessions)

Bethany Weed

March 4 - April 15, 2026
Online
Through this program, you will be introduced to embodiment perspectives to consider and/or apply to each of Ignatius’s weeks in the Spiritual Exercises. Join us as we explore ways of integrating the body into our spiritual practice.

Drawn to Mercy: Artistic Perspectives by Students at Mercy Career & Technical High School

March 7, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us as students from Mercy Career and Technical High School proudly showcase their artwork in this unique exhibit.  In the exhibit, you will find works of art that reflect the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy for the Earth, Women, Immigration, Racism and Nonviolence, as well as beautiful…

Praying with the Poetry of Your Life: A Lenten Time of Reflection

Colette Lafia

March 10, 2026
Online
Join us as we welcome Colette Lafia to the Cranaleith community. Using her new book, Leaving the Shore: Experiencing Poetry as Prayer, she will invite us to explore how praying with poetry helps us recognize the sacred in the small details of our everyday lives.

Women’s Stations of the Cross with Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS

Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS

March 21, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
On this retreat day centered on the Stations of the Cross, we will focus on each traditional station through the lens of our modern-day turmoils and troubles. Special attention will be given to those stations in which women are the prominent subjects: Jesus and His Mother; Veronica; the Weeping Women…

Writing Pysanky and Prayers for Peace & Healing in Ukraine

Chrystyna Prokopovych

March 26, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
As we prepare to celebrate the feast of Easter, come and learn the art of writing pysanky.  Writing pysanky encompasses meaning-filled symbols and colors to decorate eggshells in celebration of the resurrection of our Lord. This workshop will introduce you to this ancient art and give you an opportunity to…

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat March 27-28

Margie Winters and Joanne Castner

March 27 - 28, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
What might happen if you took twenty-four hours to enter into the quiet and stillness with God?   Allow yourself the opportunity for spiritual renewal.

One Foot in front of the Other: Spiritual Walking Practices

Bernadette Rudolph

March 28, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In these troubled times, our spiritual lives can feel stalled or paralyzed with hopelessness, fear or loneliness.  A variety of walking practices have developed to help us keep going on our spiritual journeys. Come to Cranaleith’s lovely grounds on a spring day to sample walking practices that can help you find…

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat April 17-18

Margie Winters and John Buettler

April 17 - 18, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
What might happen if you took twenty-four hours to enter into the quiet and stillness with God?   Allow yourself the opportunity for spiritual renewal.

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat June 5-6

Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Margie Winters

June 5 - 6, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
What might happen if you took twenty-four hours to enter into the quiet and stillness with God?   Allow yourself the opportunity for spiritual renewal.

7-Day Directed Silent Retreat 2026

Maria DiBello, RSM and Mary Trainer, RSM

July 17 - 24, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In sustained stillness, silt has time to settle and the water becomes clear.  Rest can mend the tired mind and bones.  Like Elijah, you can at last hear God in the still, small whisper. Come away and be with the Spirit for awhile.