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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.

Wednesday Contemplative Prayer at Noon (virtual)

Maria DiBello, RSM

February 25 - June 4, 2026
Join us as we pray in solidarity with the Interfaith Prayer Vigils for Immigrant Justice that are being held at the ICE Office in Philadelphia. This will be a simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of the Spirit within us and within our broken/blessed world.  We will share…

Knit, Crochet & Women’s Wisdom: April 7 – June 16

Cathy Maguire RSM

April 7 - June 16, 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…

Mother & Life: Revealing the Invisible Patterns That Shape Us

Ellen Browning-Lafferty

May 9, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Our relationship with our mother is the first imprint we receive—the first experience of love, safety, and separation. In this interactive group Family Constellations workshop, we’ll explore the hidden dynamics that shape our relationship with our mothers—and, by extension, with life itself.

Invited to Something New: An Outdoor Morning Retreat

Bernadette Rudolph

May 16, 2026
Have you ever wanted time for stillness and renewal but never had the opportunity to visit a spiritual center like Cranaleith? Here is a mini-retreat just for beginners.  Explore Cranaleith’s beautiful grounds and try out some simple spiritual practices.  Bring yourself, just as you are, and let Sacred Mercy be…

Bearing the Light in Unbearable Times: A Conversation with Jan Richardson (Virtual or Join our Watch Party at Cranaleith)

Jan Richardson

May 16, 2026
Online or Watch Party Onsite
Join us for a conversation with Jan Richardson—acclaimed artist, writer, and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church whose work has guided countless people through seasons of grief, uncertainty, and renewal. Through her powerful poetic blessings, Jan offers language and imagery that help us face hard realities with courage, compassion,…

Being and Loving Who You Are: An Online Retreat with Brother Mickey McGrath 

Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS

June 3, 2026
Online
Mature and lively faith requires not  just the acceptance of who we are- in all our blessed uniqueness - but the loving embrace of our true selves. After all, we are made in the image and likeness of a God who doesn’t dwell on our failings and sinfulness, but rather…

Toll the Bell Day

Maria DiBello, RSM and Margie Winters

June 5, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us as we toll our historic bell in solidarity with efforts to end gun violence in our neighborhoods and invite all who hear to respond to the call.

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.

Finding Peace through Story and Song: An Afternoon of Music with HMS

Stephen G. Hart and HMS Acoustic Band

June 28, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Why write songs? For me, songwriting is how I find peace. Each song begins in the unfinished places: a lingering question, a tender memory, a quiet ache for meaning. Each song is a journey—an unfolding that moves from restlessness toward resolution, from searching toward a kind of gentle peace. I…

7-Day Directed Silent Retreat 2026

Maria DiBello, RSM and Mary Trainer, RSM

July 24 - 31, 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.