Calendar of Events
Summer Sale 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!
Meditation in Movement: Sunset Qi Gong, Gentle Yoga, and Fellowship (Outdoors at Cranaleith)
Derek Dietz
June 15 - July 27, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Step into a tranquil evening under the open sky where body, mind, and spirit come into harmony. Together we’ll explore Tai Chi Qi Gong (18 form), Slow Flow Yoga, and a guided practice of mindfulness meditation—each movement and breath offering a pathway to ease, balance, and presence.
Rediscovering Your Well of Spiritual Wisdom: A Retreat for Chaplains
Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph
July 18, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Find your way back to the spiritual wisdom that filled your heart when you began your chaplaincy – and that remains with you today. Enjoy a day to rediscover the wisdom in you, your peers and your communities.
Book Club: The Future is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land (Virtual)
Georgina Dietz
July 23 - August 13, 2026
Online
Join us for a 4 week book club as we delve into the New York Times bestselling book The Future is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon.
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.
American Village: Practicing the Future Together
Brenna McGinnis
July 26, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
American Village is an immersive, experiential practice that invites participants to explore how communities are formed—and transformed—in real time. Grounded in the belief that America is still becoming, this unique experience offers a living laboratory where we can examine how our choices, relationships, and presence shape the world around us.
Being and Loving Who You Are: An Online Retreat with Brother Mickey McGrath
Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS
August 5, 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 loves us with our warts as well as our wonders. Must be true because all the great mystics and saints have said so!
From Garden to Table: Create Your Own Summer Bouquet
Jess Wszolek
August 6, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Do you love the joy of coming home to fresh flowers on your table? Celebrate the beauty of summer with us by creating your own custom flower arrangement!
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat August 7-8
Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Margie Winters
August 7 - 8, 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.
Garden of Renewal: A Volunteer Day Retreat
Margie Winters and Jess Wszolek
August 18, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Step outside, slow down, and tend the earth with others in a spirit of gratitude and care. This outdoor volunteer retreat invites you to spend a day nurturing Cranaleith's gardens and natural landscape while discovering how simple acts of stewardship can become moments of prayer and renewal.
From Garden to Table: Create Your Own Summer Bouquet
Jess Wszolek
August 25, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Do you love the joy of coming home to fresh flowers on your table? Celebrate the beauty of summer with us by creating your own custom flower arrangement!
Wise Enough to Play the Fool: 3-Part Series for Chaplains (online)
Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph
October 6 - 20, 2026
Embrace the role of the Wise Fool in the life of the chaplain. Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved.
Wise Enough to Play the Fool: A Series for Chaplains, Session 1 (online)
Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph
October 6, 2026
Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved. Session 1: Naming the experience of walking in a liminal space
Wise Enough to Play the Fool: A Series for Chaplains, Session 2 (online)
Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph
October 13, 2026
Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved. Session 2: Celebrating this liminal role through story-telling and wisdom-gathering
Wise Enough to Play the Fool: A Series for Chaplains, Session 3 (online)
Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph
October 20, 2026
Join this community of chaplains as we reclaim our status as professional humans and reconnect with our sense of being Beloved. Session 3: Owning and leaning into the role to strengthen our practice and improve the care seeker’s experience
America at 250: Catholic Schools, Racial Justice & the Courage to Teach "All Are Created Equal"
November 14, 2026
St. Joseph's University
This symposium will bring together 150 Catholic elementary and secondary educators from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for a day of prayer, learning, networking, and engagement with classroom-ready resources on racial healing. Participants who implement these materials will have access to ongoing mentoring from experienced educators.
Unpacking Significant Spiritual Experiences in Your Work as a Chaplain
Jack Geracci and Bernadette Rudolph
November 21, 2026
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Name and celebrate two meaningful spiritual experiences from your work as a chaplain: an experience of loss and an experience of receiving. Savor memories, share stories and harvest the wisdom in each experience through art, ritual and discussion.