Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation
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With Irish and English roots, Laurence Freeman was educated by the Benedictines and studied English Literature at New College, Oxford University. Before entering monastic life, he worked with the United Nations in New York, in Banking and Journalism. He is Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) a global, inclusive contemplative community.
Fr. Laurence Freeman is a monk of the Benedictine Congregation of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. His is the director and spiritual guide of the World Community for Christian Meditation. John Main was his teacher and Fr. Laurence assisted him in establishing the foundations of the Community. Fr. Laurence is the author of a number of books on Christian Meditation. He travels extensively giving presentations and leading Christian Meditation Retreats.
One of my favourite saints is the ‘God-bearing and holy Father Maximos the hut-burner’. He was not, as you might think, a mystical arsonist as he only burned his own huts, which he also built, whenever he moved to another place.
Laurence Freeman invites us to Metanoia Series – Let your minds be remade, the WCCM Theme for 2023
Let’s begin this Advent by understanding that God does not exist. God is. Eternal, unchanging, boundless, unimaginable, whom ‘no one has seen or can ever see’.
It is with deep sadness that I learned today that Marina has died and passed into glory. With all her
Our community mourns with the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth – indeed worldwide – at the passing of
Dear Friends, As I landed in Canada, I learned the sad news that Charles Posnett died peacefully yesterday. His wife
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