This Fragment of Hope: A Retreat Day for Women Veterans

Maria DiBello, RSM and Kelly Denton-Borhaug, PhD

May 4, 2024

Date and Time Details: Saturday, May 4, 2024, 10 am - 3 pm

Location: Cranaleith Spiritual Center

Address: 13475 Proctor Road, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Contact: programs@cranaleith.org

May flowers invite us to exult in the blooms that stir our hope.  We ponder the mystery revealed by a clump of irises, which will cease to flower unless the clustered roots are distributed.  On this day when the world bursts with color, we will hold one another in the hope that grounds us, “clumsy and earth-covered.”  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.

This program is offered free of charge.  Some transportation assistance is available.  Please contact programs@cranaleith.org.

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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Kelly Denton-Borhaug, PhD

Kelly Denton-Borhaug, PhD, is a professor at Moravian University in Global Religions and Peace and Justice Studies.  Not long after 9/11/2001, she began researching and writing about the direct, structural and cultural violence of war and militarization in the United States and wider world.  Her attention turned to military moral injury about eight years ago, […]

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