2021 is the 30th anniversary of the launch of WCCM. In this time we have been growing as a global contemplative network, a spiritual family rooted in Christian faith. Committed to building a way of peace in our time of conflict, we serve unity among all to build a community of faith composed of people with many beliefs. Meditation for us is a way to open the common ground of humanity. So we work with other faiths and the secular world to develop the consciousness needed for a new, just way of living as a human family in harmony with our natural environment.
helps us share the gift of meditation more widely and gives you access to an ever-growing body of recorded retreats, seminars and online courses. A monthly donation of your choice is the way, so please
A special online series on the WCCM theme for 2022: spiritual teachers, social leaders, thinkers and writers with contemplative wisdom will explore its meaning for us today.
We offer a range of regular opportunities to share immediately with other meditators in silence, body work, worship and teaching
The international home of a monastery without walls, Bonnevaux is developing on the site of a 12th century Abbey energised by centuries of contemplative silence in the humane spirit of St Benedict. A resident community lives here in the spirit of Benedictine wisdom following a daily rhythm of life, balancing daily times of prayer, work and study. Hospitality for guests, retreats and conferences share the peace of Bonnevaux with many so they can transmit it to others.
Our events offer many opportunities to learn to meditate and to integrate the practice into daily life, to deepen its fruits in the service of others, to share the experience of meditation inclusively, coming to self-knowledge in the discovery of our interconnectedness
Learn the essentials of meditation, contemplative Christianity, inter-faith dialogue, and both personal and social transformation.
An online course on a contemplative response to climate emergency
A 6-part retreat for a time of self-isolating and social distance
Programa de Meditação e Projeto de Vida para Jovens Adultos
The word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. He went through the whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of repentance
As part of the Movement for Good, Ecclesiastical will be donating a total of £120,000 to 120 charities over 12 days in December and we’d
This is a session with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Fr Laurence Freeman OSB with the theme Unified Consciousness: One Mind One Heart. The
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