Programs
Give a Gift Certificate
Open Dates
A thoughtful gift to support their path of spiritual growth, connection, and renewal. Whether it’s for a program or an individual retreat, we have flexible options for everyone.
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!
Scholarship Request Form
Open Dates
Thank you for your interest in coming to Cranaleith. It is part of our mission to provide all persons, regardless of economic situation, access to spiritual renewal and contemplation. Please complete the request form and someone will get back to you shortly.
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.
Volunteering at Cranaleith
Open Dates
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Cranaleith offers many rewarding volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups. If you’d like to know more about volunteering at Cranaleith, please complete the interest form and a member of our volunteer team will contact you in the next few days.
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
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fire and Wellspring of Mercy!
Maria DiBello, RSM and Margie Winters
April 3, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
As we journey through this season of hope, we will rest in the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, broken in love within our graced, suffering world. We will explore fresh insights into this beautiful devotion, drawn from Francis, from Catherine McAuley, Pedro Arrupe, SJ, and Teilhard de Chardin SJ. Words of Scripture, poets and mystics, as well as, images from our suffering world will weave our reflections.
Writing Pysanky and Prayers for Peace & Healing in Ukraine
Chrystyna Prokopovych
April 6, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
As we prepare to celebrate the feast of Easter, come and learn the art of writing pysanky. Writing pysanky encompasses meaning-filled symbols and colors to decorate eggshells in celebration of the resurrection of our Lord. This workshop will introduce you to this ancient art and give you an opportunity to decorate an egg in this style and tradition. During our time together, we will also pause to pray for peace and healing in Ukraine.
Rediscovering Your Vocation as a Catholic School Educator
Bernadette Rudolph
April 12, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
God has called you to your ministry as a Catholic school educator. Be refreshed, supported and inspired to continue God's good work in the world! (Act 48 hours available)
Spring Book Circle: Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Online (3 Session Series)
Margie Winters and Andrea Vettori
April 23 - May 21, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Sociologist Matthew Desmond's book, Poverty by America, examines poverty, the factors causing it and offers structural strategies, as well as, suggestions to individual consumers to address it. Join us for a conversation about this timely book.
Spring Book Circle: Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Session One Online
Margie Winters and Andrea Vettori
April 23, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Sociologist Matthew Desmond's book, Poverty by America, examines poverty, the factors causing it and offers structural strategies, as well as, suggestions to individual consumers to address it. Join us for a conversation about this timely book.
New Beginnings: Earth Day "Art Talk," Tea and Tree Event
Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen
April 24, 2025
Cranaleith
You're invited to an Art Show & Book Signing by Pennsylvania Artists & Author Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen. Mix and mingle over a cup of tea, meet the artists behind the exhibit, listen to touching poetry, and consider new beginnings as inspired by Spring for you and Cranaleith. During the event, we'll also welcome […]
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat
John Buettler and Margie Winters
April 25 - 26, 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.
Like a Wildflower..."Beautiful, Fierce and Free": A Retreat for Women Veterans
Maria DiBello, RSM
May 3, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Like the wildflowers that sing our resilience, we will turn our faces to the light, reflect on the mystery of our stories, and delight in the wisdom and grace we hold together. The day will include insights on the moral injury we know in our experience, and time to be immersed in Cranaleith’s springtime color.
Spring Book Circle: Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Session Two Online
Margie Winters and Andrea Vettori
May 7, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Sociologist Matthew Desmond's book, Poverty by America, examines poverty, the factors causing it and offers structural strategies, as well as, suggestions to individual consumers to address it. Join us for a conversation about this timely book.
The Spirituality of Children: Day of Reflection for Parents, Grandparents, and Caregivers of Children
Anne Heath, RSM
May 7, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Are you a parent, grandparent, or caregiver of children? Have you ever wondered how children express their spirituality or relate to God? Using stories and other mediums, the session will provide opportunities to share, to pray and to understand, as much as possible, the mind of a young child as they come to understand their own self as a spiritual being.
And God’s Daughters Shall Lead Them
Phaedra D. Blocker, DMin
May 9 - 10, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Women leaders (clergy and lay) from all Christian denominations are invited to this rich and restful ecumenical retreat, celebrating the leadership of women in the Church.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat
John Buettler and Margie Winters
May 16 - 17, 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.
Spring Book Circle: Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Session Three Online
Margie Winters and Andrea Vettori
May 21, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Sociologist Matthew Desmond's book, Poverty by America, examines poverty, the factors causing it and offers structural strategies, as well as, suggestions to individual consumers to address it. Join us for a conversation about this timely book.
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.
Overnight, Silent, Directed Retreat
Christine Konopelski, SSJ and Margie Winters
August 8 - 9, 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.