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.
Cranaleith Memorial/Commemorative Brick Interest
Open Dates
The Brick may be a Memorial Brick or a Commemorative/Celebratory brick (person is living). The first part of our Commemorative Brick Program will be replacing the bricks surrounding our Labyrinth. In the future, there will be opportunities for placing bricks in other areas of Cranaleith. Twice a Year,…
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: 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…
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.
A Memorial Tea Honoring Dorothy “Dottie” Zeiser
November 2, 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.
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!
How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 100 Context and Practices (onsite)
Maureen O'Connell, PhD and Bernadette Rudolph
November 16, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Are you aware that Pope Francis has set the entire Church on a four-year journey to become a more synodal Church? What does that mean and why should you care? In a synodal Church, we become a people characterized by participation, communion and mission. Everyone has a voice because we…
The Spiritual Dimension of Our Politics
Nicholas Collura
November 21, 2024
Online
Join us for a contemplative evening as we discuss the often unseen spiritual and emotional dimensions that can lie beneath political discourse. Where can we locate grief behind grievance, a search for belonging beneath a politics of exclusion, and unity amid differences?
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 Inner Lines of the Enneagram (3 Week Series)
Nicholas Collura
January 22 - February 5, 2025
Online
Take a deep dive into the Enneagram and its “Inner Lines” with Nicholas Collura! The Enneagram, a system of nine archetypal personality structures and its accompanying diagram, contains "inner lines” speak to a mysterious and powerful reality: the fact that our own psycho-spiritual complexes are linked in a special way to…
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.