On Site Program
Programs – Bernadette oversees Programs.
Knit, Crochet & Women's Wisdom: September 16 - December 16, 2025
Cathy Maguire RSM
September 16 - December 16, 2025
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.
What Now? Navigating Aging, Sorrow and Loss (4 part in-person series)
Marie Michele Donnelly, RSM
October 2 - 23, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Have you found yourself whispering “What now?” in the quiet moments of your days? Maybe it followed the loss of a loved one, a life-changing diagnosis, a shift in relationships, or the weight of a world that feels uncertain. Join us for a series that looks at aging, sorrow and loss and offers possibilities of how to move through them.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat October 3-4, 2025
Margie Winters and Tom Volkert
October 3 - 4, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Often life is so full, we cannot hear God. Or maybe we are busy, busy, busy and our spirits need some Sabbath rest. 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.
Tibetan Singing Bowls: For Healing, Balance, & Hope
Phyllis Strock and Audrey Garrett
October 4, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Immerse yourself in the beauty of Cranaleith's grounds and experience Tibetan Singing Bowls believed to stimulate energy centers, reduce stress, and relieve pain.
Voices of Resilience: High School Spoken Word Exchange
October 17, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Cranaleith will come alive with diverse voices of resilient youth from across the city! The showcase will feature 15 talented student acts chosen to represent youth programs from across the Philadelphia region.
Truth and Reconciliation: Bringing Together What’s Been Separated
Ellen Browning-Lafferty
October 18, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
We find ourselves in a current political, economic, and sociological climate of “us vs. them,” thinking steeped in division, fear, righteousness, and violence. According to Family Constellations, reconciliation is defined as “bringing together that which has been separated.” We’ll explore what can be done to bring together that which has been separated in our families, communities, countries, and within our own selves.
Christ at the Kitchen Door
Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS
November 1, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In these turbulent times of unrest and anxiety it is important to remember that creativity and beauty will save us; that the peace of Christ is always in our midst, often in faces and places and circumstances where we normally don’t recognize Him.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat November 7-8, 2025
John Buettler and Bernadette Rudolph
November 7 - 8, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Often life is so full, we cannot hear God. Or maybe we are busy, busy, busy and our spirits need some Sabbath rest. 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 retreat begins at 7 p.m. on Friday […]
Discovering our Soul: A Retreat Day for Women Veterans
Maria DiBello, RSM
November 15, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Creation in November offers us the muted colors of acceptance and surrender. The trees intensify their witness of “letting go,” and invite us to do the same. As we reflect on the gifts of the journey, we reverence both the losses that have transformed us and the abundant harvest we have known.
The Abundance of Sunchokes: A Hands-on Harvest & Tasting Experience
Jess Wszolek
November 16, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Ever dug for treasure in a garden? Come join us as we unearth the golden bounty of Jerusalem artichokes—also known as sunchokes—from Cranaleith’s lower garden!
An Advent Contemplative Morning: Mary’s Song ~ A Cry of Hope and Resilience
Maria DiBello, RSM
December 10, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In the noisy hostility of our world’s chaos, come, rest in the silent wonder that unleashed Mary’s beautiful, prophetic song. On this simple morning of prayerful pondering, we will enter Mary’s heart. We will bring the surprise and unknown, the joy and ambiguity of our own hearts. Scripture, music and image will hold us in the quiet.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat December 19-20
Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Margie Winters
December 19 - 20, 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.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat February 27,-28, 2026
Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Margie Winters
February 27 - 28, 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.
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.