Posted April 13, 2021
Cranaleith Spiritual Center offers a free online retreat for women veterans on Saturday, April 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Each spring, blossoms fill the eyes of our hearts with hope. After a year of hardship for so many, we will awaken to newness in the gift of one another. This morning of respite will hold quiet reflection, sharing, music and creative response.
In “The Flower That Shatters the Stone: A Springtime Retreat for Women Veterans,” discover the resilience we share with all creation that heals our world. Join other women vets in discovering the beauty and promise we hold.
Posted March 2, 2021
Cranaleith Spiritual Center in Northeast Philadelphia has launched a matching gift challenge to raise $75,000 by April 30, 2021.
All donations to the 2020-2021 annual appeal will be matched dollar-for-dollar by Cranaleith supporters Ron Selzer of the Broken Wing Foundation and Jeanne and Francis Trainer Jr.
Funds raised will support Cranaleith’s ongoing mission to provide a contemplative space for all those seeking wholeness and transformation for themselves and society especially the poor and those who work in solidarity with them.
The theme of the campaign, “Essential Work: Healing the Human Spirit,” highlights the importance of Cranaleith’s mission during the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 health crisis.
St. Katharine Drexel (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted February 25, 2021
Archdiocesan Catholic Social Services will host a webinar on a local saint who devoted her life to the Black and Native American communities.
“St. Katharine Drexel – Her Prophetic Mission to Serve and Advocate for Black and Native American Children, and Our Call to Engage in Works of Charity and Justice Today” will take place on March 4 at 12 p.m. via Zoom.
Presenters will include CSS director of mission integration Edward Lis; Sister of the Blessed Sacrament Pat Downs, a vowed member of the religious congregation founded by St. Katharine Drexel; and Joyce Hadley, a lay associate leader within the same community.
Posted February 17, 2021
Cranaleith Spiritual Center, a nonprofit conference and retreat center in Northeast Philadelphia, will offer a morning of reflection on a pressing and timely topic: forced migration.
On Saturday, Feb. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Maureen McCullough and Ella Guimond of Catholic Relief Services’ Northeast Mid-Atlantic Regional team will use the story of the good Samaritan and Pope Francis’ recent encyclical,
Fratelli Tutti, as a framework to outline the issue of forced migration from a Catholic social justice perspective.
Participants on the Zoom platform will be encouraged to discuss ways to change the rhetoric swirling around the issue of forced migration, opening their hearts to conversion and understanding. This program will include time to listen, reflect and discuss the issue as a group.