Calendar of Events
Join us for one of our upcoming retreats or programs! To meet your needs, Cranaleith is offering different ways to access our programs. Choose between on-site, virtual, and on-demand! Scholarships are available for all programs, because everyone is welcome at Cranaleith. See program descriptions for more details.
On-Site Programs
Settled on 10 acres, stroll our beautiful grounds and join us at Cranaleith for an on-site program or retreat!
On Demand Programs
Purchase an on-demand event and you will recive a pdf of links to the videos. You may then watch the videos at your leisure.
Knit, Crochet, Pray Together: June 25 – September 24, 2024
Cathy Maguire RSM
June 25 - September 24, 2024
Onsite and online
This program offers a centuries-old tradition of blending creativity with reflection and sharing of life. Members work on their own projects or create projects for donation groups. In addition to Foster Care for Success Red Scarf Project, we also donate hats, scarves, and mittens to first-graders in a Philadelphia elementary…
Evenings of Contemplative Prayer (online)
Maria DiBello, RSM
September 9, 2024 - May 19, 2025
A simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of God within us and within our broken/blessed world
Let Us All Breathe Together: A Reading and Reception with Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
September 12, 2024
Cranaleith
Join us for an evening celebrating, author, poet, rabbi & teacher, Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, and her newest book, "Let Us All Breathe Together: Prose, Poems and Practices."
How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 200 Cultivating Co-responsibility (online)
Bernadette Rudolph
September 14 - 15, 2024
Throughout the past year, parishes around the globe have been discovering synodality and incorporating it into parish life. As part of this renewal and reorientation, you participated in “How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 100, Context and Practices” and brought the synodal method back to your parish. Maybe you…
Knit, Crochet & Womens’ Wisdom: October- December 2024
Cathy Maguire RSM
October 1 - December 17, 2024
Onsite and online
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…
Enlivened Faith Through Creation and Culture (Session 1)
Tylia Barnes Oladipo
October 1, 2024
Join us for a book circle conversation as we explore "Replenishing the Earth" by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. Together, we will embark on a journey to bridge the gap between our fractured planet and ourselves, drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined within our spiritual heritage.
Enlivened Faith Through Creation and Culture (5-week Series)
Tylia Barnes Oladipo
October 1 - 29, 2024
Join us for a 5-part book circle conversation series as we explore "Replenishing the Earth" by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. Together, we will embark on a journey to bridge the gap between our fractured planet and ourselves, drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined within our spiritual heritage.
Enlivened Faith Through Creation and Culture (Session 2)
Tylia Barnes Oladipo
October 8, 2024
Join us for a book circle conversation as we explore "Replenishing the Earth" by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. Together, we will embark on a journey to bridge the gap between our fractured planet and ourselves, drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined within our spiritual heritage.
Making Conflict Count: A Marriage Retreat
Gerry and Carey Davis
October 12, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
We invite couples to join us as we explore the value of conflict done well -- how to have it if you don't, and how to do it better if you do!
Enlivened Faith Through Creation and Culture (Session 3)
Tylia Barnes Oladipo
October 15, 2024
Join us for a book circle conversation as we explore "Replenishing the Earth" by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. Together, we will embark on a journey to bridge the gap between our fractured planet and ourselves, drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined within our spiritual heritage.
Preserving Minerva: (Re)Discovering the Work of Architect Minerva Parker Nichols
Molly Lester
October 17, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Cranaleith’s historic house comes with a legacy of empowerment, spiritual transformation and social justice. Join us for an evening of discovery and celebration of the “domestic church” of Mill-Rae, its iconic female architect, Minerva Parker Nichols, and our newly awarded Mill-Rae grants.
Enlivened Faith Through Creation and Culture (Session 4)
Tylia Barnes Oladipo
October 22, 2024
Join us for a book circle conversation as we explore "Replenishing the Earth" by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. Together, we will embark on a journey to bridge the gap between our fractured planet and ourselves, drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined within our spiritual heritage.
Earth Hospice Rites for All
Alison Cornish and Trebbe Johnson
October 24, 2024
Something very dear to us humans is dying, and that is our relationship with the seasons, plants, animals, and waters as we know and love them. In many ways, we are called to offer Earth practices similar to that which hospice offers to our friends and family as they end…
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat
John Buettler and Maria DiBello, RSM
October 25 - 26, 2024
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.
Enlivened Faith Through Creation and Culture (Session 5)
Tylia Barnes Oladipo
October 29, 2024
Join us for a book circle conversation as we explore "Replenishing the Earth" by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. Together, we will embark on a journey to bridge the gap between our fractured planet and ourselves, drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined within our spiritual heritage.
The 19th Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Video Viewing
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
November 3, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us to view a recording of the joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony. This one-of-a-kind event was streamed worldwide on May 12, 2024. Rabbi Sheila Weinberg Peltz, one of the founders of the Philly chapter of American Friends of Combatants for Peace, a co-sponsor of the ceremony, will join us…
The Earth is Our Mother
Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS
November 7, 2024
Online
Women mystics and saints, the Earth as Mother, and Gardens as places of Hope, Beauty and Connectedness! Join Artist and Storyteller, Brother Mickey McGrath, as he breaks open the wisdom that our hearts are gardens and Christ is the Gardener! We will explore our desperate need to be better nurturers…
How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 100 Context and Practices (online)
Bernadette Rudolph
November 9 - 10, 2024
If you are part of a Catholic leadership or ministry team in a parish, you and your team could become equipped to bring synodality to life for the people you serve. Discover what God is dreaming of for the Church!
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat
John Buettler and Maria DiBello, RSM
December 13 - 14, 2024
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
Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Maria DiBello, RSM
January 17 - 18, 2025
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 Spirituality of Racial Justice
Lauren Brownlee
February 22, 2025
Cranaleith
Join us for a workshop where we will consider the patterns of bias, particularly around race, that show up in our spiritual communities and analyze how principles of racial justice reflect the principles of our own faith traditions.
7-Day Directed Silent Retreat 2025
Maria DiBello, RSM and Mary Trainer, RSM
July 18 - 25, 2025
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.