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25th Anniversary Gala: Program Book Advertisement
Open Dates
Knowlton Mansion
Thank you for your interest in purchasing an advertisement or congratulatory message in our 25th Anniversary Gala Program Booklet. We have 4 sizes available with details outlined below. A staff member will view your form and contact you to confirm your details including the name of your organization or business,…
25th Anniversary Gala Sponsorship Form
Open Dates
We are thrilled to be celebrating 25 years of serving our community. We wouldn't be here without your support to carry out the mission of the Sisters of Mercy and Cranaleith's own mission to offer a contemplative space for all those seeking wholeness and transformation for themselves and society. We…
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.
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.
Solitude Day (self-catered)
Maria DiBello, RSM, Bernadette Rudolph and Mary Trainer, RSM
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!
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
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.
Gift Certificates
Open Dates
Celebrate your loved one with the gift of a Cranaleith retreat or program!
Individual Directed Retreat (self-catered)
Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Bernadette Rudolph
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
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!
Evenings of Contemplative Prayer (online)
Maria DiBello, RSM
September 11, 2023 - May 20, 2024
A simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of God within us and within our broken/blessed world
Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra (6-week series)
Tiffany Cooper
March 1 - April 19, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join certified Yoga Instructor and Energy Worker, Tiffany Cooper, for a 6-week yoga series. We are living in an increasingly stressful world, and it is important to give ourselves time to release stress and anxiety in order to heal. Through the practices of Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra you can…
Knit, Crochet, Pray Together: April 2 – June 19, 2024
Cathy Maguire RSM
April 2 - June 18, 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…
A Healing Path to a More Creative Life (3 Tuesdays) – ONLINE!
Michelle Rothwell
April 2 - 16, 2024
On-line
Come and restore your creative potential and learn conceptual and practical steps that will lead you to a fulfilling creative life.
The Paradigm Shift of Synodality: An Introduction (online)
Bernadette Rudolph
April 3, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join Bernadette for an evening of information about this global transformation; we will also participate in the process of synodal listening together.
“Monhegan: Whence Light Comes Into the Soul”: Photography Exhibit and Artist Talk
Janice Edwards, RSM
April 7, 2024
Cranaleith
Join us for a talk with artist Janice Marie Edwards. You will have the opportunity to view her photography on display, revealing the interplay of nature, light and divine love!
Spring Book Circle “Solito: A Memoir” (online program)
Maria DiBello, RSM and Joanne Castner
April 11 - 25, 2024
Join us for a three-week online book circle where we will explore the story of Solito together, holding the simplicity of a story woven in the complex issue of immigration. We will also welcome Joanne Castner as a presenter on Week 3 for her personal witness at the US-Mexico border.
Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra
Tiffany Cooper
April 12, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join certified Yoga Instructor and Energy Worker, Tiffany Cooper, for a replenishing yoga class. We are living in an increasingly stressful world, and it is important to give ourselves time to release stress and anxiety in order to heal. Through the practices of Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra you can…
Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra
Tiffany Cooper
April 19, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join certified Yoga Instructor and Energy Worker, Tiffany Cooper, for a replenishing yoga class. We are living in an increasingly stressful world, and it is important to give ourselves time to release stress and anxiety in order to heal. Through the practices of Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra you can…
Zentangle: A Meditative Art (Secret Garden Tangle)
Sue Trembeth
April 21, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Looking for a way to unwind from stress, focus your thoughts, or explore your creative side? Get inspired by the beauty of spring and create a Secret Garden inspired piece of art using the Zentangle method.
Spiritual Practices for Creative Fulfillment (3 Tuesdays) – ONLINE!
Michelle Rothwell
April 23 - May 7, 2024
On-line
A holistic approach to creativity can help you remove creative blocks, reawaken inspiration, and sharpen cognitive thinking. Learn how to use acoustic meditation, simple body-awareness movements, and other stimulating sensory-based practices to entrain your brainwaves for optimum Creativity.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat, April 26 – 27, 2024
John Buettler
April 26 - 27, 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.
How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 100 Context & Practices (onsite)
Maureen O'Connell, PhD and Bernadette Rudolph
April 27, 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…
This Fragment of Hope: A Retreat Day for Women Veterans
Maria DiBello, RSM and Kelly Denton-Borhaug, PhD
May 4, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Through poetry, immersion in Cranaleith’s beauty, and a simple art expression, we will share the fragments of hope we hold for ourselves and our aching world. The day will also explore the theme of moral injury, as we surrender our hearts to healing and newness.
Beauty Will Save the World: The Wisdom of Creativity
Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS
May 11, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In these times of ever-increasing division and violence, we will focus instead on the healing power of art, music, and the beauty of nature.
25th Anniversary Gala Ticket Purchase
May 16, 2024
Knowlton Mansion
Join us on Thursday May 16, 2024 from 6-10pm to celebrate 25 years of serving our community and three remarkable supporters of Cranaleith: Sr. Mary Scullion, Sr. Maria DiBello, and Joyce Hadley. Your ticket includes cocktail hour with open bar, seated dinner, silent auction, and live entertainment. Ticket price…
Zentangle: A Meditative Art (Butterfly Mandala Tangle)
Sue Trembeth
May 19, 2024
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 welcome spring and summer by creating a colorful butterfly mandala.
Zentangle Series: Beyond the Basics!
Sue Trembeth
June 2 - 23, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In this three-week Zentangle course, you will go beyond the basics and continue to explore the Zentangle Method.
Look at the Birds of the Air: Jesus and the Natural World
Bernadette Rudolph
June 5 - 26, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Once you start to notice it, threads of the natural world are woven into the very fabric of the gospels: foxes, wheat, storms. This fact points us toward a Christ-centered spirituality that is also eco-centered. Join us and explore what this means.
Forest Bathing
Sue MacQueen
June 9, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us for a slow, mindful walk in nature on the grounds of beautiful Cranaleith, where we will pay close attention to our surroundings using our five senses.
7-Day Directed Silent Retreat
Maria DiBello, RSM and Mary Trainer, RSM
June 14 - 21, 2024
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.
From Weary to Refreshed: The ABC’s of Renewal for Women Leaders
Deidre Anderson PhD and Tiffany Cooper
June 21, 2024
Cranaleith
Join us for a transformative full-day retreat tailored for women by women, where the ABCs of Authenticity, Boldness, and Change will equip you with practical tools to recharge yourself on an ongoing basis.
Lenape History and Storytelling with Barbara Bluejay Michalksi
Barbara Bluejay Michalksi
July 28, 2024
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us for a family friendly program on the Lenape People led by Chief Barbara Bluejay Michalski.