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Christmas Eve Vigil 2022

As we give and receive presents this year let us be aware of what we are doing -- an ancient ritual of affirming peaceful relationships. But Christmas also symbolizes that our existence itself is gift.
Laurence Freeman

Leader

Laurence Freeman

Director of WCCM. Benedictine Monk. Author of a number of books on Christian Meditation.Oxford University. Laurence Freeman OSB is an English Benedictine monk and Catholic priest. He is the director of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM), prior of its Benedictine Oblate community and director of Bonnevaux, the international centre of the WCCM in France. Freeman’s work also involves encouraging the teaching of meditation to children and university students. In 2005 he founded the John Main Centre for Meditation and Inter-Religious Dialogue at Georgetown University

Date

Dec 24 2022

Time

French time
10:00 pm

Location

Online

Conducted via Zoom or live-stream.

As we give and receive presents this year let us be aware of what we are doing — an ancient ritual of affirming peaceful relationships.  But Christmas also symbolizes that our existence itself is gift.  The best gift of all is God’s full self, wrapped in a human person. 
 
This event is online and free.
Laurence Freeman

Leader

Laurence Freeman

Director of WCCM. Benedictine Monk. Author of a number of books on Christian Meditation.Oxford University. Laurence Freeman OSB is an English Benedictine monk and Catholic priest. He is the director of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM), prior of its Benedictine Oblate community and director of Bonnevaux, the international centre of the WCCM in France. Freeman’s work also involves encouraging the teaching of meditation to children and university students. In 2005 he founded the John Main Centre for Meditation and Inter-Religious Dialogue at Georgetown University

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