Individual Directed Retreat

Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Bernadette Rudolph

Flexible Dates

Location: Cranaleith Spiritual Center

Address: 13475 Proctor Road, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Contact: programs@cranaleith.org
215-934-6206

Please note: Prices listed includes one hour/day spiritual direction, overnight lodging, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All rooms have access to a common area and kitchen.

  • Private heritage full bed-shared bathroom – $135.00
  • Private heritage twin room-private bathroom – $135.00
  • Private heritage twin room-shared bathroom – $135.00
  • Private twin room-shared bathroom – $135.00
  • Shared heritage twin room-private bathroom – $135.00
  • Shared heritage twin room-shared bathroom – $135.00

A limited number of spaces are available each week for those interested in coming onto our campus for 1-5 days/nights. Staff and retreatants will follow local and CDC guidelines.

Retreat is a time for solitude, silence and prayer.   You may wish to focus on Scripture or a spiritual book; you may choose to think through a problem or a decision you are facing.  You may choose to just rest and be still.

“Directed” means that, in addition, you will meet daily with a staff member.  This spiritual director – also called a spiritual companion – will give direction to your reflection based on your needs coming into the retreat.  Day and evening hours are offered for spiritual direction and all conversations are confidential.

Food is an important component in a retreat: only when the body is content can the soul be attended to.  We will do our best to provide tasty, nourishing meals three times/day.  Please be aware that, because we are a small center, retreatants most commonly warm prepared meals in a galley kitchen and dine on their own.

About the Facilitators

Maria DiBello, RSM

Maria DiBello, RSM is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Her experience includes adult faith formation, pastoral ministry, spiritual direction, and retreat ministry. She also has experience in elementary and secondary education. For many years, Maria provided pastoral leadership in a rural Southern community that was socioeconomically and culturally diverse.  At […]

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Mary Trainer, RSM

Sister Mary Trainer, RSM, is the founding director of Cranaleith Spiritual Center. She earned a Ph.D. in social psychology from Boston University and a certificate in spiritual guidance from Shalem Institute. Mary is also the founder of Mercy International Center in Dublin, Ireland, where the charism of mercy continues to renew the vision and life […]

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Bernadette Rudolph

Bernadette Rudolph, MA, MS constantly seeks to understand the deeper meaning of life.  Of particular interest to her is how the divine is woven through human lives.  She has an ear cocked and both eyes open for how the Spirit comes to us in the here and now and invites us to live more fully.  […]

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