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Attention is another word for love
Attention is really another word for love. When we pay attention, we’ve taken the attention off ourselves, the centre of
Our spirit of reverence
An excerpt from Laurence Freeman OSB, Reverence, LIGHT WITHIN (New York: Crossroad, 1989), pp. 92, 94-95. Religious people tend to be
Upcoming Retreats & Events
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Bonnevaux Retreat Programme
Our new programme features a variety of retreats – liturgical retreats to support your spiritual journey through prayer, worship, and reflection during Holy Week and Advent led by our spiritual guide Laurence Freeman OSB;  a Deep Silent Retreat to join with others to go to a deeper and simpler place in solitude; retreats for those who’ve just started their personal journey with meditation and retreats to deepen your meditation practice. We will also have a special retreat for the younger meditators which will be an opportunity to reflect on and deepen our self-care so that we can better care for others. Â
Join us in the peaceful and beautiful surroundings of Bonnevaux for a unique retreat experience to discover the transformative power of meditation and connect with a community of like-minded meditators.Â
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Christ and the Anxieties of Speech
We live in a time when speaking on a whole range of issues seems profoundly fraught. In some contexts, flagrant untruth and hate are asserted seemingly without consequence or effective critique. Elsewhere speech is scrutinised minutely for traces of ‘cancellable’ thought or attitude.
Welcome to WCCM Academy
We are growing as a community of meditators in more than 100 countries, committed to developing a contemplative Christian life for our time and to dialogue between religion, science, business and art, body and mind. At the heart of this community is the meeting of many weekly groups, both physically and online, which introduce the essential teaching of meditation and help to deepen the inner journey. Personal transformation leads then to social and global transformation.
and inspire others to embark on a journey of spiritual change
Latest Posts
My retreat experience at Bonnevaux: a true welcoming feeling
I heard about the WCCM through an interview with Herman Van Rompuy, and I subscribed to the daily message of
A Deep Silent Week at Monte Oliveto
The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore has been hosting WCCM retreats for years, but for the first time the community
WCCM Newsletter: The Radical Poverty of Helplessness
Laurence Freeman introduces the WCCM theme of 2025: The Risk of Living Together. And more: John Main Seminar 2024:Â Jason Gordon