Programs
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Open Dates
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Spiritual Direction Interest
Open Dates
Our spiritual directors offer gentle encouragement to open fully to God’s loving presence and to discern the action of the Spirit around and in you.
Individual Virtual Directed Retreat
Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Bernadette Rudolph
Open Dates
Online
Stay at home or bring your retreat experience to the beach, mountains or wherever you are!
Solitude Day (self-catered)
Maria DiBello, RSM, Bernadette Rudolph and Mary Trainer, RSM
Open Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Seeking a hermitage experience? 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!
Claiming Our Joy: Isaiah Prepares Us for Christmas - on demand
Bernadette Rudolph
Open Dates
Give yourself the opportunity to be filled with joy! This time of reflection will open up passages from the prophet Isaiah to connect his hopeful message to your life today.
The Enneagram: A Tool for Spiritual Growth - on demand
Nicholas Collura
Open Dates
In this first part of Cranaleith’s Enneagram series, learn about the nine personality structures in ways that are enlightening both to beginners and to those with knowledge of the Enneagram.
Converting Vice to Virtue with the Help of the Ennegram - on demand
Nicholas Collura
Open Dates
In this second part of Cranaleith’s Enneagram series, learn spiritual practices to move you beyond the "stuck place" that keeps you from living fully.
Intimacy and Inspiration in the Psalms - on demand
Bernadette Rudolph
Open Dates
Soak in the psalmists’ vivid expressions and tease out how they can take your relationship with God deeper. Let the Psalms also serve as inspiration for your own prayers to God.
Spiritual Cataracts and New Horizons: The Holy Ideas of the Enneagram - on demand
Nicholas Collura
Open Dates
The wisdom of the Enneagram reveals how our ego’s particular pattern creates a specific “cataract” that clouds our vision of the divine nature. Learn about these cataracts and the process that moves us beyond them.
Cranaleith Memorial/Commemorative Brick Interest
Open Dates
The Brick may be a Memorial Brick or a Commemorative/Celebratory brick (person is living). The first part of our Commemorative Brick Program will be replacing the bricks surrounding our Labyrinth. In the future, there will be opportunities for placing bricks in other areas of Cranaleith. Twice a Year, there will be a Brick […]
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!
Individual Directed Retreat (self-catered)
Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Bernadette Rudolph
Flexible Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
For some, retreat time includes the joys of cooking for oneself! The beauty, rest and solitude of Cranaleith await you. Meet daily with a spiritual director during your stay.
Evenings of Contemplative Prayer (online)
Maria DiBello, RSM
September 9, 2024 - May 19, 2025
A simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of God within us and within our broken/blessed world
Knit, Crochet & Womens' Wisdom: January - March 2025
Cathy Maguire RSM
January 7 - March 25, 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. We have reflected on the words of Lisa Bogart (Knit, Purl, Pray), Joan Chittister (The Gift of Years), and currently on the words of Thich Nhat Hanh (Peace Is Every Step).
How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 100 Context and Practices (online)
Bernadette Rudolph
January 11 - February 8, 2025
If you are part of a Catholic leadership or ministry team in a parish, you and your team could become equipped to bring synodality to life for the people you serve. Discover what God is dreaming of for the Church!
How to Become a Synodal Parish: Level 100 Context and Practices (online)
Bernadette Rudolph
January 12 - February 9, 2025
If you are part of a Catholic leadership or ministry team in a parish, you and your team could become equipped to bring synodality to life for the people you serve. Discover what God is dreaming of for the Church!
What is Spiritual Direction?
Margie Winters
January 16, 2025
Online
Are you looking to draw closer and deepen your relationship with God but aren't sure where to begin? Have you been curious about Spiritual Direction but aren't sure you understand what it is or if it is right for you? Join us to learn more about this process of spiritual accompaniment and see if it is something you would like to engage in as you walk your spiritual journey.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat
Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Maria DiBello, RSM
January 17 - 18, 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.
The Inner Lines of the Enneagram (3 Week Series)
Nicholas Collura
January 22 - February 5, 2025
Online
Take a deep dive into the Enneagram and its “Inner Lines” with Nicholas Collura! The Enneagram, a system of nine archetypal personality structures and its accompanying diagram, contains "inner lines” speak to a mysterious and powerful reality: the fact that our own psycho-spiritual complexes are linked in a special way to those of another type.
The Long Pilgrimage to Justice
Christine Marie Eberle
January 25, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Our call to stand with and advocate for vulnerable populations needs solid spiritual grounding—now more than ever. Justice work is often described as “a marathon, not a sprint,” but for women and men of Mercy, pilgrimage might be a more useful metaphor.
A "New-Negro-Spiritual" Paradigm
Warren B. Cooper
February 1, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
A "New-Negro-Spiritual" Paradigm: An examination of the Negro-Spiritual Tradition through a trans-optic* lens that focuses beyond the surface of its cultural origin to investigate: the nature of the shell that nurtured the Pearl of that Tradition; the paradox of that Pearl; the relevance of all that on humanity today.
The Mystery of Vibration: Tibetan Singing Bowls
Phyllis Strock and Audrey Garrett
February 6, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Immerse yourself in the beauty of Cranaleith and experience deep relaxation and healing through sound bathing with Tibetan singing bowls.
Refilling Your Cup: A Time of Reflection and Support for Caregivers
Dr. Sara J. Corse
February 13, 2025
Online
Caring for family or friends who are suffering from illness or decline presents both challenges and opportunities. Among the challenges are isolation, exhaustion, confusion and the loss of personal autonomy. In this time of reflection and support for caregivers, we will explore the gifts of caregiving along with the struggles.
Care of the Hopeful Heart: Resilience & Well-Being in the Healthcare Setting
Robert Wicks, PsyD and Gloria F. Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCPP
March 9, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center OR virtually via zoom
During this event, Drs. Bob Wicks and Gloria Donnelly will consider the general issues of resilience, self-care and secondary stress within the healthcare professions, pressures experienced in reaching out to others and maintaining a healthy perspective--essentially: the simple care of a hopeful heart. This event focuses on the spiritual care of the healthcare provider […]
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: Noticing the Need for Lamenting in a Life of Faith
Boreta Singleton
March 23, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
In this program, we will consider the place of lament through the lens of how we see Scripture, the practices of our ancestors in faith and African American Spirituals.
7-Day Directed Silent Retreat 2025
Maria DiBello, RSM and Mary Trainer, RSM
July 18 - 25, 2025
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.