Programs
Give a Gift Certificate
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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, Mary Trainer, RSM and Margie Winters
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, Bernadette Rudolph and Margie Winters
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.
Summer Sale 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!
Evenings of Contemplative Prayer (virtual)
Maria DiBello, RSM
September 8, 2025 - May 18, 2026
A simple time of quiet presence to the merciful heart of God within us and within our broken/blessed world
Art & Resilience: A Workshop in Drawing and Watercolor
Cathleen Cohen and Jeff Thomsen
September 11, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Come as you are—and pick up a pencil and brush. In this gentle, joy-filled workshop, we’ll explore drawing and watercolor painting as pathways to resilience, reflection, and connection.
The Prophecy of the Four Crows: Walking Together in a Good Way
Barbara Bluejay Michalksi
September 13, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join Chief Bluejay as she breathes life into the ancient Prophecy of the Four Crows, a story that carries the deep wisdom and enduring strength of the Lenape people. She will weave together the hopes and struggles of her ancestors from the time of the first colonists to the challenges of today, offering a vision rooted in resilience.
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.
Meditation in Movement: Sunset Qi Gong, Gentle Yoga, and Fellowship
Derek Dietz
September 18, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Step into a tranquil evening under the open sky where body, mind, and spirit come into harmony. Together we’ll explore Tai Chi Qi Gong (18 form), Slow Flow Yoga, and a guided practice of mindfulness meditation—each movement and breath offering a pathway to ease, balance, and presence.
Mercy as a Path of Hope: Celebrate Mercy Day at Cranaleith!
Maria DiBello, RSM, Mary Trainer, RSM and Margie Winters
September 24, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
Join us as we gather at Cranaleith to celebrate Mercy Day, honoring the legacy of Catherine McAuley and the Sisters of Mercy. During our gathering, we will pray together and share stories of Mercy’s rich history in Ireland, the United States, right here at Cranaleith and in our lives.
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.
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
Bernadette Rudolph and John Buettler
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!
Our Advent Journey of Hope (virtual)
Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS
December 3, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
The Gospel stories of the Advent and Christmas seasons will come alive in the colorful art of Brother Mickey. The Advent stories and images are a perfect time to reflect on the lives of those migrating to new lands and making their home among strangers.
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.
Women Waiting: An Advent Evening of Reflection
Christine Marie Eberle
December 12 - 16, 2025
Cranaleith Spiritual Center
During this Advent evening of prayer, we’ll keep company with several Biblical women who model the holy waiting to which we are called: a waiting with courage, patience, and trust in God’s promise.
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.