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
The Future of Religion
How can spirituality evolve to meet today’s challenges?
- 10 February - 15 December, 2026
- 19:00 - 21:30 CET
- 10 Sessions Online
- £150 for all sessions
Learning to Meditate in 2026 (online)
Join Gene Bebeau for this 4-week course on meditation in the Christian tradition.
- 23 February - 16 March, 2026
- 19:00 - 20:00 CET
- 4 Sessions Online
- FREE
Being Human, Being Real
Authenticity, inner listening, sacred vulnerability, and our communion with the Earth.
- 14 March - 26 November, 2026
- 4 Sessions
- FREE
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
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
March 2026
Palm Sunday Contemplative Eucharist
This Palm Sunday Contemplative Eucharist will draw meditators and friends from around the world to share the meaning of the sacred. ...
April 2026
Easter Vigil
The long silence of Saturday ends with a succession of powerful ancient symbols in the Vigil service which begins with the lighting of the Easter Fire under the Easter Tree in the valley of Bonnevaux. ...
Easter Sunday Contemplative Eucharist
If you couldn’t come to the Vigil, you will be welcome to celebrate Easter with us at Bonnevaux today and sing the great Alleluia. ...
Earth Crisis Forum 10: A Tapestry of Place, People and Possibility
Keeping an open heart in a time of chaos. An online gathering led by the WCCM Earth Crisis meditation group ...
23 Apr, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Online
Approaches to Meditation: Enriching Guidance from the wisdom of the Mystics
Finding your way home to the heart with the universal wisdom of the mystics. ...
May 2026
Deepening Meditation
Launching Out
Enter the stillness and find yourself in the ocean of God's love ...
Enter the stillness and find yourself in the ocean of God's love ...
Cultivating the Fruits of our Contemplative Practice
Bring the peace and wisdom of your meditation practice into every part of your daily life. ...
June 2026
Living Reconciliation: From Separation to Contemplation
Rediscovering a peaceful relationship with oneself, with the world, and with the Divine revealed at the heart of all that lives ...
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