Since the invasion of Ukraine, WCCM has been giving support to our brothers and sisters suffering the consequences of that. This online event will be a new opportunity to gather in solidarity with everyone facing these dark times in Ukraine, Gaza and other parts of the world.
Because of the mystery of oneness revealed in suffering, please join us online on Sunday 26 November. Bonnevaux – as a centre for peace – will convene a community of love in solidarity with those desperately struggling in Ukraine and Gaza and also in extreme loneliness on the streets of our cities, in hospitals and prisons.
This online event will be open to everyone and a space and time to listen to reflections by meditators in different ways connected with the war in Ukraine â Maria and Albert Zakharovy (Ukraine National Coordinators), Fr Anastasy (a survivor from the city of Kherson), John Paul Rathbone (Defence Correspondent for The Financial Times) and the main speaker, Herman Van Rompuy, President Emeritus of the European Council.
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Schedule (CET- France)
| Sunday, 26 November | |
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| 15h | Opening words by Laurence Freeman from Bonnevaux |
| 15h10 | Herman Van Rompuy |
| 15h30 | John Paul Rathbone |
| 15h40 | Fr Anastasy (a survivor from the city of Kherson) |
| 15h45 | Younger Meditators from Ukraine on how meditation and the Community are helping them |
| 16h05 | Meditation led by Maria and Albert |
| 16h25 | Open space for Q&A, extra sharing and reflections |
| 16h55 | Final words and closing by Laurence Freeman |
Leader
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Laurence Freeman
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Laurence Freeman is a monk of the Benedictine Congregation of Monte Oliveto. He is the Director of Bonnevaux and of The World Community for Christian Meditation.
Other Leaders
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Herman Van Rompuy
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Herman Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009 and then as the first permanent President of the European Council from 2009 to 2014. More recently, he was one of the speakers at the 2018 John Main Seminar in Belgium, addressing the theme Politics and the management of division.
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Maria & Albert Zakharovy
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Maria and Albert are National Coordinators in Ukraine and WCCM OBlates
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John Paul Rathbone
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John Paul Rathbone is the defence and security correspondent of the Financial Times. He has been meditating and connected with WCCM for many years.