Annual Programme
Online Events are organised by WCCM, and On-the-Ground Events are organised by l’Association Abbaye de Bonnevaux – Centre pour le Paix (ABP).
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Online Series
No More Special Pleading
Openness to LGBT people and their issues is basic to Christianity.
- 23 January - 24 April, 2025
- 4 Sessions
- £70 for all sessions
- £20 for single session
The Risk of Living Together
Increasingly, people in affluent societies are choosing to live alone. Traditional ways of forming relationships especially those demanding personal commitment have been damaged by ‘progress’. Technically we may advance but are we humanly regressing?
- 11 February - 11 November, 2025
- 8 Sessions
- £140 for all sessions
- £20 for single session
Learning to Meditate in Lent
Four weekly online sessions to start the journey of meditation with Laurence Freeman
- 17 March - 07 April, 2025
- 4 Sessions
Women Mystics:
Guides in the Life of Prayer
Dr. Jane Williams together with well-known practitioners of prayer and theology will lead a six-talk series on their favourite women mystics.
- 8 May - 27 November, 2025
- 6 Sessions
- £100 for all sessions
- £20 for single session
Beholding Divine Beauty
In 2024 the theme for our online series will explore Beauty, Goodness and the Act of Creation in all senses, including art, theology and social justice.
- 16 january - 10 december, 2024
- 10 Sessions
- £140 for all sessions
- £20 for single session
Into the Mystics
Bernard McGinn, the most preeminent scholar of mysticism in the Western Christian tradition, will lead a 10 talk series on his favourite mystics and why he believes they still speak to us today.
- 23 january - 17 december, 2024
- 10 Sessions
- £140 for all sessions
- £20 for single session
The Future of Wisdom and Intelligence
A Series of 4 Round Table Discussions on Thursday Evenings
In Partnership with the Scientific and Medical Network
- 23 may - 12 december, 2024
- 4 Sessions
- £55 for all talks
- £15 for single talk
Feeling the Way
Continuing the Journey of Meditation- A Four Week Course online with Laurence Freeman.
- 9 June - 30 June 2025
- 4 Sessions
Contemporary Anxiety
A contemplative response to three of the big issues facing us in the 21st century.
- 11 march - 29 october, 2024
- 3 Sessions
Save the Date: John Main Seminar and Pre-Seminar Retreat at Bonnevaux
This year, the Seminar will be held at Bonnevaux and led by Herman Van Rompuy and Laurence Freeman. The Seminar will be preceded by a 3-day preparatory retreat.
- 14 - 17 November, 2022 (Pre-Seminar Retreat)
- 17 - 20 November, 2022 (John Main Seminar)
- Location: Bonnevaux & Online
Seeing What St. Paul Saw
St Paul is usually misunderstood. Understandably, because he was an intense personality, a volcano of vision and passion. But failing to see what he is teaching is to miss out on one of the great sources of wisdom.
- 28 March - 28 November, 2022
- 4 Sessions
- £60 for all sessions (Get 1 free)
Future of Intelligence
In this series of round table dialogues, we will explore integral intelligence: the several balanced and unified forms of intelligence that humanity is gifted with. Speakers in the series will draw on left and right hemisphere styles of attention and investigate the unique nature of spiritual intelligence, the risks of AI, and finally that art of socio-political intelligence.
- 21 april - 24 november, 2022
- 4 Sessions
- £50 for all talks
- £15 for single talk
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Individual Events
April 2025
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Holy Week Retreat (Online)Ongoing
Participate in this year’s Holy Week cycle from the Palm Sunday procession to Easter morning
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Everything Matters: Living the Questions & Daring the Present with Rainer Maria Rilke
Join us to explore a selection of Rilke’s poems and writings with the award-winning translator, poet, and Rilke scholar Mark S. Burrows ...
May 2025
Christian Meditation and our Life in Christ
A meditation retreat for members of the WCCM Singapore community. ...
The Academy Retreat
This event is for members of the 2-year course of inter-disciplinary study in the context of contemplative practice grounded in the Christian contemplative tradition ...
June 2025
The Joy of Encounter 2025
Meditation in the Margins: A Meditatio and WCCM in the UK Gathering at Ampleforth Abbey near York, UK ...
The Still Point of the Turning World: Finding Rest Amidst Suffering
Explore Meister Eckhart’s theological and philosophical principles in daily lectures, group discussions, practical application through yoga, personal reflection and journaling ...
Fully Alive Retreat – A Contemplative Experience of Health and Healing
A Meditatio retreat – seminar exploring a contemplative approach to living the true meaning of health and healing. ...
July 2025
The Spirit of Work: The Integrated Professional
Explore how a contemplative practice can enable us to experience greater stability, strengthen our relationships and help us become more effective leaders ...
The Summer School
Dive deep into the Christian mystical tradition in theory and practice in community ...
Caring for Oneself, for Others and for Us – Young Adults Retreat
A summer meditation retreat to reflect on and deepen our self-care so that we can better care for others ...
August 2025
Contemplatives Who Reconcile The Divided and Comfort The Sorrowful
A meditation retreat for members of WCCM Belgium and the Netherland. ...
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