Spiritual Programs
Retreat from the world for a while, slow down and reconnect with a deeper spirituality
Our programs are designed to be inclusive and to reverence the uniqueness of each individual. Rather than teach or simply impart information, we seek to facilitate participants’ capacities to listen into and trust their still inner voice. Our group programs aim to nurture contemplative dialogue and respectful community. We have much to learn from one another and great comfort and joy experiencing how we are not alone.
Join us for a themed day, evening and overnight program. Cranaleith offers a safe space to discover, probe and nurture your spirit.
Register online below or call 215-934-6206
Upcoming Events › Spiritual Program
List of Events
Book Circle: The Virtue of Resilience by Evelyn and James Whitehead – Online/Virtual
Register Book Club Dates: Mondays, July 6, 13, 20 and 27, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost for series: $100. Scholarship opportunities are available. Please contact us at 215-934-6206 or info@cranaleith.org or more information. Join with other seekers as we explore how hope and resilience offer solace and wisdom in navigating these unsettling times. Drawing upon the wisdom of our faith traditions and contemporary psychology we will ponder and identify concrete practices for strengthening hope and resilience in our daily lives. About the…
Knit, Crochet, Pray Together – Online/Virtual
Those of us who knit and crochet know its positive impact on our body, mind and spirit. Join us to continue a centuries-old tradition of blending creativity with reflection and sharing of life. Create a prayer shawl for women in our veterans’ program or bring your own project. Skills will be shared and fun had by all. Beginners welcome. Some patterns can be provided. We will be using the book Knit, Purl, Pray: 52 Devotions for the Creative Soul by…
Jesus and the Women of the Gospels – Online/Virtual
July 9, 2020, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - $25 In contrast to other writings of the first century, the gospels contain a significant number of stories about women. Jesus affirms and includes women consistently in each of the gospels. He invites them into discipleship, offers them healing and redemption and relies on them for personal support and evangelization. They in turn demonstrate a commitment to Jesus despite the risks of social exclusion, arrest and death. Each week we will look at…
The Beauty You Love: Reflecting with Images and Stories – Online/Virtual
Register The poet Rumi says, “Let the beauty you love be what you do.” On this mid-summer’s day, come let your spirit rest, heal, connect and be nourished. Prayerful experiences through narrative, imagery, movement, music and poetry will guide you in greater awareness of the heart and the invitation of the Divine. If you are looking for a space to reflect on the presence of the Holy in your life and learn how images can be tools for prayer, this…
Knit, Crochet, Pray Together – Online/Virtual
Those of us who knit and crochet know its positive impact on our body, mind and spirit. Join us to continue a centuries-old tradition of blending creativity with reflection and sharing of life. Create a prayer shawl for women in our veterans’ program or bring your own project. Skills will be shared and fun had by all. Beginners welcome. Some patterns can be provided. We will be using the book Knit, Purl, Pray: 52 Devotions for the Creative Soul by…
Stories from the Border – Online/Virtual
Register During a year when we discovered our belonging to one another as never before, the face of those most vulnerable was often hidden. Among them are the faces of the families waiting for hope and safety at our border. This simple opportunity will allow us to listen to their stories through the witness of someone who accompanied them. Come, be with us. Presenter https://cranaleith.org/profile/laverne-king-rsm/
Book Circle: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kid – Online/Virtual
Register Series Dates: Wednesday, August 5, 12 and 19, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost for Series: $45 As we continue to mark the anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, we will share Sue Monk Kidd’s masterful novel. The Invention of Wings is a story about empowering women to change the world. It looks with unswerving eyes at one of the most devastating wounds in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved. The story is wound…
Conversations That Matter: From Transfiguration to Transformation: Awakening – Online/Virtual
Register August 6 marks both the Feast of the Transfiguration and the day that the first atomic weapon was used at Hiroshima 75 years ago: both vastly different transfiguring, or profoundly revelatory, events. One demonstrated the power and beauty of divinity; the other, the tortured and horrifying consequences of humanity’s failure to embrace that divinity dwelling in all of us. The upheaval of recent events, including the pandemic, ongoing systemic racism, police brutality, unprecedented unemployment, and more, are also transfiguring, revealing…
Mary in Art and Poetry – Online/Virtual
Register In every age, Mary has imaged the beauty of our humanity, lived in simplicity, in deep sorrow and joy, in vulnerability and greatheartedness. Artists of every culture have depicted this beauty in word, sound, form and color. On this beautiful feast of the Assumption, we will explore the richness of their gift. We will rest in the triumph of her hope for our own lives and for our world. Presenter https://cranaleith.org/profile/maria-dibello-rsm/
A Day with St. Brigid, Mary of the Gael – Online/Virtual
Register You are invited to a reflective day pondering the life and stories of St. Brigid, a 5th-century saint, to realize her relevance in this 21st century. St. Brigid, also known as “Mary of the Gael”, was an abbess and a patroness of Ireland. Born in Dundalk in 450 AD, Brigid emerges from early Christianity as a woman of deep faith, a woman of the land, an advocate for the poor, a woman of legendary hospitality and a peacemaker. These qualities…