Programs
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,…
Spiritual Cataracts and New Horizons: The Holy Ideas of the Enneagram – on demand
Nicholas Collura
Open Dates
The wisdom of the Enneagram reveals how our ego’s particular pattern creates a specific “cataract” that clouds our vision of the divine nature. Learn about these cataracts and the process that moves us beyond them.
Intimacy and Inspiration in the Psalms – on demand
Bernadette Rudolph
Open Dates
Soak in the psalmists’ vivid expressions and tease out how they can take your relationship with God deeper. Let the Psalms also serve as inspiration for your own prayers to God.
Converting Vice to Virtue with the Help of the Ennegram – on demand
Nicholas Collura
Open Dates
In this second part of Cranaleith’s Enneagram series, learn spiritual practices to move you beyond the "stuck place" that keeps you from living fully.
Volunteering at Cranaleith
Open Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Cranaleith offers many rewarding volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups. If you’d like to know more about volunteering at Cranaleith, please complete the interest form and a member of our volunteer team will contact you in the next few days.
The Enneagram: A Tool for Spiritual Growth – on demand
Nicholas Collura
Open Dates
In this first part of Cranaleith’s Enneagram series, learn about the nine personality structures in ways that are enlightening both to beginners and to those with knowledge of the Enneagram.
Claiming Our Joy: Isaiah Prepares Us for Christmas – on demand
Bernadette Rudolph
Open Dates
Give yourself the opportunity to be filled with joy! This time of reflection will open up passages from the prophet Isaiah to connect his hopeful message to your life today.
Solitude Day (self-catered)
Maria DiBello, RSM, Bernadette Rudolph, Mary Trainer, RSM and Margie Winters
Open Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Seeking a hermitage experience? This retreat allows you to be by yourself throughout your stay and do your own cooking. Let Cranaleith's warmth and beauty provide a renewing space for you!
Scholarship Request Form
Open Dates
Thank you for your interest in coming to Cranaleith. It is part of our mission to provide all persons, regardless of economic situation, access to spiritual renewal and contemplation. Please complete the request form and someone will get back to you shortly.
Individual Virtual Directed Retreat
Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Bernadette Rudolph
Open Dates
Online
Stay at home or bring your retreat experience to the beach, mountains or wherever you are!
Spiritual Direction Interest
Bernadette Rudolph, Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Margie Winters
Open Dates
Our spiritual directors offer gentle encouragement to open fully to God’s loving presence and to discern the action of the Spirit around and in you.
Give a Gift Certificate
Open Dates
A thoughtful gift to support their path of spiritual growth, connection, and renewal. Whether it’s for a program or an individual retreat, we have flexible options for everyone.
Individual Directed Retreat (self-catered)
Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM, Bernadette Rudolph and Margie Winters
Flexible Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
For some, retreat time includes the joys of cooking for oneself! The beauty, rest and solitude of Cranaleith await you. Meet daily with a spiritual director during your stay.
Individual Private Retreat (self-catered)
Flexible Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
This retreat allows you to be by yourself throughout your stay and do your own cooking. Let Cranaleith's warmth and beauty provide a renewing space for you!
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…
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,…
Memorial Day Death Wail Ceremony
Jenny Pacanowski
May 25, 2026
Cranaleith Spirtual Center
Join veterans Chris Antal and Jenny Pacanowski for a time of remembrance, mourning, and release on the contemplative sanctuary grounds at Cranaleith Spiritual Center. We will build our capacity to both care about the human and environmental costs of US wars, and care for ourselves, veterans and other after war…
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…
Rooted & Rising: Garden Gathering in Support of Cranaleith
June 4, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Come, be part of something new! Join us for our first ever donor brunch outdoors on the beautiful grounds of Cranaleith as we gather to share stories, reflect together, and notice what is growing here. We’ll explore how your generosity helps sustain and deepen the work of cultivating wholeness…
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.
Paths of Peace: Stories of Courage and Empowerment: Ritual Storytelling by Military Veterans and their Families
Jenny Pacanowski
June 6, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Cranaleith invites you to a transformative community storytelling experience, where the voices of veterans open a path toward healing, connection, and renewal. In a setting rooted in quiet reflection and shared presence, this gathering offers space for stories to be spoken, received, and gently held in community. This unique performance…
Sankofa Song Encore: A New Negro Spiritual for the I.C.E. Age
Warren B. Cooper
June 14, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center - Conference Room
Join us for an immersive audio-visual musical journey through the history of the Negro Spiritual and its enduring relevance today. In a time when human rights and common decency are under threat, this presentation speaks prophetically beyond race and culture, offering a vision of a new face of freedom and…
Jesus’ Synodal Way of Being
Bernadette Rudolph
June 15 - 29, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Many people are wondering if there is a way to be in our society that is not divisive, but rather, unitive, a way that leads to everyone flourishing and not just a few winning. Synodality, an ancient Christian paradigm for community, can provide just such a way. This ground-breaking, three-part…
There Has to Be a Better Way: A Conversation about Polarity
Brenna McGinnis and Danny L. Thomas
June 18, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
This evening is an invitation to something radical: a shared conversation about polarity itself. If we want to heal our divisions, we need to first understand division itself.
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.