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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.

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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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Knit, Crochet & Women’s Wisdom: July 7-September 22

Cathy Maguire RSM

July 7 - September 22, 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…

Evenings of Contemplative Prayer (virtual)

Maria DiBello, RSM

September 14, 2026 - May 24, 2027
A simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of God within us and within our broken/blessed world.

Discover Cranaleith: An Outdoor Morning Retreat

Margie Winters

September 19, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Come explore Cranaleith’s beautiful grounds during this fall season, experience a few simple spiritual practices, and discover the gift of stepping away from the busyness of everyday life. No previous retreat experience is needed. Simply bring yourself, just as you are.

Celebrate Mercy Week with Us!

Mary Reynolds, RSM

September 22 - 27, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center is celebrating Mercy Week, September 23–27 —a week of reflection on the life and legacy of Catherine McAuley — and the enduring call to Mercy she left the world. Join us as we mark the journey to 200 years since the founding of the first House of…

Catherine the Laywoman: A Dream That Continues

Mary Reynolds, RSM

September 23, 2026
Catherine McAuley envisioned a way of serving people in need that began with the gifts, energy, and commitment of lay people working together. We will explore Catherine's life as a laywoman, her dream for compassionate service, and the circumstances that eventually led to the founding of the religious congregation we…

From Baggot Street to Merion: Catherine’s Dream and the Continuing Mission of Mercy

Mary Reynolds, RSM

September 26, 2026
Motherhouse, Merion, PA
As we prepare to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the House of Mercy on Baggot Street in 2027, we gather with Sr. Mary Reynolds, RSM, to remember the people, places, and dreams that have carried the story of Mercy across generations and across the ocean.

Words Made Flesh: Creating Silent Present Moment Mantras with Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS

Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS

September 26, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In this retreat, Brother Mickey will help us give visual form and colorful shape to our morning prayers.  Art is a perfect way to get lost in the present moment awareness that we are never alone and that creating beauty is the best way to calm our fears and anxieties.  

The Power of Place: From Baggot Street to Cranaleith

Mary Reynolds, RSM

September 27, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
As we prepare to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the House of Mercy on Baggot Street in 2027, we gather with Sr. Mary Reynolds, RSM, to remember the people, places, and dreams that have carried the story of Mercy across generations and across the ocean.

Wise Enough to Play the Fool: A Series for Chaplains, Session 1 (online)

Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph

October 6, 2026
Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved.  Session 1: Naming the experience of walking in a liminal space

Wise Enough to Play the Fool: 3-Part Series for Chaplains (online)

Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph

October 6 - 20, 2026
Embrace the role of the Wise Fool in the life of the chaplain.  Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved. 

Wise Enough to Play the Fool: A Series for Chaplains, Session 2 (online)

Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph

October 13, 2026
Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved.  Session 2: Celebrating this liminal role through story-telling and wisdom-gathering

In Conversation with Mechthild of Magdeburg: Love, Longing, and the Divine (Session 1)

Colette Lafia

October 15, 2026
Online
Join Colette Lafia as she introduces us to Mechthild of Magdeburg within the world of the Beguines and helps us explore her passionate vision of relationship with God, marked by longing, intimacy, vulnerability, and love.

In Conversation with Mechthild of Magdeburg: Love, Longing, and the Divine (2-part series)

Colette Lafia

October 15 - 22, 2026
Online
Join Colette Lafia as she introduces us to Mechthild of Magdeburg within the world of the Beguines and helps us explore her passionate vision of relationship with God, marked by longing, intimacy, vulnerability, and love. Then, through poetry, contemplative reading, and spiritual journaling, we’ll listen for what her words might…

Wise Enough to Play the Fool: A Series for Chaplains, Session 3 (online)

Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph

October 20, 2026
Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved.  Session 3: Owning and leaning into the role to strengthen our practice and improve the care seeker’s experience

In Conversation with Mechthild of Magdeburg: Love, Longing, and the Divine (Session 2)

Colette Lafia

October 22, 2026
Online
Join Colette Lafia as she introduces us to Mechthild of Magdeburg within the world of the Beguines and helps us explore her passionate vision of relationship with God, marked by longing, intimacy, vulnerability, and love. Then, through poetry, contemplative reading, and spiritual journaling, we’ll listen for what her words might…

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat October 23-24, 2026

Margie Winters and John Buettler

October 23 - 24, 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.

Tibetan Singing Bowls: For Healing, Balance, & Hope

Phyllis Strock and Audrey Garrett

October 26, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Take some time out during this autumn season to renew, recenter and connect.  Our time together will include listening and experiencing the sounds of the singing bowls, hands on experience, and sharing and connecting with each other and the Spirit.

America at 250: Catholic Schools, Racial Justice & the Courage to Teach “All Are Created Equal” for Educators in Catholic K-12 Schools

November 14, 2026
St. Joseph's University
This symposium will bring together 150 Catholic elementary and secondary educators from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for a day of prayer, learning, networking, and engagement with classroom-ready resources on racial healing. Participants who implement these materials will have access to ongoing mentoring from experienced educators.

From Loss to Light: Transforming All Our Griefs

Ellen Browning-Lafferty and Sharon Browning

November 15, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center - Conference Room
Come explore your griefs as creating space for personal transformation and sacred activism. Our day together will include time for reflection, discussion, and several Family Constellations processes. In the shelter of each other, we will examine the deep roots of our fertile griefs, open ourselves to healing what is, and…

The Grace of Unknowing: A Retreat for Women Veterans

Maria DiBello, RSM

November 21, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
On this day of quiet presence to our unanswered questions and anxieties, we will help one another to view them as sacred ground, and opportunities for deep hope. We will draw on the insights of the mystics and poets, as well as the truth we find in one another. The…

Unpacking Significant Spiritual Experiences in Your Work as a Chaplain

Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph

November 21, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Name and celebrate two meaningful spiritual experiences from your work as a chaplain: an experience of loss and an experience of receiving. Savor memories, share stories and harvest the wisdom in each experience through art, ritual and discussion.