
How to Meditate
A 3-part mini-course showing you the basics of how to start your meditation journey
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.
The sixty-seven National Coordinators of WCCM are engaging in many different ways with the theme of health from a contemplative perspective. To lead this year’s reflection process, a series of monthly seminars are being led by Dr Barry White and Fr Laurence Freeman.
We live in the golden age of medicine. Breakthroughs, cures and life-expectancy have all flourished with medical science. The present Covid-19 pandemic shows the value and necessity of this dimension of medicine. It seems, to many medical practitioners and to patients, that we have gained so much but neglected something essential: our capacity for deep and transformative healing.
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.
A 3-part mini-course showing you the basics of how to start your meditation journey
Laurence Freeman leads a contemporary path through the rich themes and symbols of Lent
A 6-part retreat for a time of self-isolating and social distance
The Weekly Teachings and Weekly Readings have been moved under the new website so that they can be always accessible to meditators. You will now
In a Desert Island Discs format, Laurence speaks with Bere Island Community Radio about his life and history with the island lensed through some of his favourite
Listen here to Laurence Freeman’s reading out the introduction to his book Sensing God, a practical introduction and guide to meditation in the Christian tradition and illuminated by scripture. It shows how to meditate during Lent.
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Any gift, no matter how small, will help us sustain this work and achieve our mission of nurturing Christian meditation inclusively around a world in greater need than ever of contemplative wisdom.
Due to Covid-19, all events will be held virtually. Please stay safe.
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