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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…

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.

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…

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.