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 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
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
Learning to Meditate in Advent
A Four-week Online Advent Course for South Pacific Communities.
- 24 November - 15 December, 2025
- 4 Sessions
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
December 2025
January 2026
February 2026
Learning to Meditate
Don’t Settle for Less
Learn to meditate with a beginner's mind and discover faith and community ...
Learn to meditate with a beginner's mind and discover faith and community ...
Northern European National Communities Retreat
A meditation retreat bringing together members of the WCCM communities from across Northern Europe. ...
March 2026
April 2026
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
Christian Meditation and Yoga
The Spirituality of the Body
Finding wholeness in the unity of body, breath and spirit ...
Finding wholeness in the unity of body, breath and spirit ...
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