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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!

Virtual Programs

Join us from anywhere with our virtual events via Zoom!

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.

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

Knit, Crochet & Womens’ Wisdom: January – March 2025

Cathy Maguire RSM

January 7 - March 25, 2025
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…

Synodality: Stories from Rome and Dreaming about Our Future

Bernadette Rudolph and Haylie Doan

February 19, 2025
Online
The official four-year cycle for the Synod on Synodality has drawn to a close.  While some folks have been disappointed with the final report, Bernadette Rudolph, a synodal animator, thinks synodality is a healthy seedling that can renew the Church and heal the divisions that rankle the heart of the Church…

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

February 22, 2025
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…

Cranaleith Spiritual Direction Formation Program Information Session

Maria DiBello, RSM, Beth Flannery, RSM, Advisor: Kathleen McAlpin, RSM, Honora Nicholson, RSM and Margie Winters

February 26, 2025
Online
Learn about this two-year certificate program, which nurtures and supports those who wish to deepen their own spirituality and discern spiritual companionship with others.

Thinking Like Wind: A Wind Chime Making Workshop

Jess Wszolek

February 27, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
We see the works of the wind in our everyday life though the movement of leaves, fabric swaying, and trees dancing. Join us to celebrate the wind through the creation of windchimes utilizing discarded pottery and glass. Ages 13 and above are welcome.

Repairing Beloved Garments the Sashiko Way

Jess Wszolek

February 27, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us on at Cranaleith’s art room to care for your well-worn pieces of clothing. Keeping with our concern for the earth, you will be able to repair, reinforce, or add some style to your most loved garments using the Sashiko method.

Loving Our Enemies: A Teaching for Our Time

Scott Hutchinson

March 1, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Jesus’ oft-ignored command to “love our enemies” is vital and timely as we navigate the emotional, political, and spiritual terrain of these days. Far from being idealistic, this love becomes an assertive expression of for-giveness with the power to break relentless cycles of diminishment, enable us to claim our own…

Zentangle: A Meditative Art (Valentine Tangle)

Sue Trembeth

March 2, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Looking for a way to unwind from stress, focus your thoughts, or explore your creative side? Come learn the basics of Zentangle’s relaxing method of art and create a Valentine’s Day inspired piece.

Care of the Hopeful Heart: Resilience & Well-Being in the Healthcare Setting

Robert Wicks, PsyD and Gloria F. Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCPP

March 9, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center OR virtually via zoom
Join us as we welcome Drs. Bob Wicks and Gloria Donnelly to Cranaleith for a conversation about their book, Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being. There is no better time to dialogue about resilience, self-care, and secondary stress within the…

One Foot in front of the Other: Spiritual Walking Practices

Bernadette Rudolph

March 15, 2025
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…

A “New-Negro-Spiritual” : Freedom Songs For This Moment In Time

Warren B. Cooper

March 16, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
A "New-Negro-Spiritual" Paradigm:  An examination of the Negro-Spiritual Tradition through a trans-optic* lens that focuses beyond the surface of its cultural origin to investigate: the nature of the shell that nurtured the Pearl of that Tradition; the paradox of that Pearl; the relevance of all that on humanity today.

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat

Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Margie Winters

March 21 - 22, 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.

Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: Noticing the Need for Lamenting in a Life of Faith

Boreta Singleton

March 23, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In this program, we will consider the place of lament through the lens of how we see Scripture, the practices of our ancestors in faith and African American Spirituals.  

Repairing Beloved Garments the Sashiko Way

Jess Wszolek

March 27, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us on at Cranaleith’s art room to care for your well-worn pieces of clothing. Keeping with our concern for the earth, you will be able to repair, reinforce, or add some style to your most loved garments using the Sashiko method.

Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat

John Buettler and Margie Winters

April 25 - 26, 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.

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.