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).
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
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Online Series
The space between words: How to read the Bible and other Sacred texts
In this series Laurence Freeman will help us rediscover the art of reading any sacred text contemplatively, by learning to engage with the books that make up the Hebrew and Christian Bible.
- 25 September, 2023 - 30 September, 2024
- 9 Sessions
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)
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
Contemporary Anxiety
A contemplative response to three of the big issues facing us in the 21st century.
- 11 march - 29 october, 2024
- 3 Sessions
Learning to Meditate
Four weekly online sessions to start the journey of meditation with Laurence Freeman.
- 17 april - 8 may, 2024
- 4 Sessions
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
2024 Programme - Save the Date
2024 Major Annual Events to save on your diary
- John Main Seminar: July 8-14
- Monte Oliveto Retreat: October 6 - 13
- WCCM Pilgrimage (destination TBC): October
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Individual Events
March 2024
Sacred Life is Death and Resurrection – Holy Week Retreat
Easter – the word’ easter’ - is about divine estrogen, the natural element that supports the human life process. ...
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. ...
Sacred Life is Death and Resurrection – Holy Week Retreat (Online)
Easter – the word’ easter’ - is about divine estrogen, the natural element that supports the human life process. ...
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. ...
April 2024
On Wisdom
Join David Egan and Laurence Freeman to discuss the concept of wisdom from the Greek, Buddhist and Christian perspective. ...
May 2024
June 2024
Being Naturally Intelligent in a Technological society : Recovering the Axiological and Creative Dimensions
Over the last centuries, scientific research and technological development have ...
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