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Members of the New Zealand and Australian Christian Meditation Communities will join together for this pilgrimage and retreat at Bonnevaux Abbey, France.
It is hoped that Fr Laurence Freeman OSB will host the retreat if he is available. Fr Laurance is the spiritual leader of the World Community for Christian Meditation and lives at Bonnevaux Abbey.
A five-day residential retreat at Bonnevaux Abbey, in Pointiers, France - home of the World Community for Christian Meditation.
A time of silence and stillness with a daily flow of meditation, contemplative walks and gathering as a group.
An opportunity to go deeper by being present to ourselves and to God in this special place steeped in Christian meditation and Benedictine hospitality.
Date: Tuesday 18th May – Sunday 23rd May 2027
Leaders:The event organisers for this Bonneveaux pilgrimage are Vincent Maire (New Zealand) Sandy Andrews (Australia). Subject to his availability, Fr Laurence Freeman will host and facilitate the retreat. We will keep you updated on this possibility closer to the time.
Rates for 2027 have yet to be finalised however indicative costs are:
Single room with ensuite bathroom: €140 per day/night
Single room with shared bathroom: €120 per day/night
Shared room (ensuite bathroom): €110 per day/night (per person)
Final costs will be announced in September 2026.
Please contact Sandy Andrews to register your interest in finding out more about the 2027 pilgrimage to Bonnevaux.
E: sandy.jane.andrews@gmail.com
Meditate and pray in the land of Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection led by Laurence Freeman OSB
An optional 3 days extension to Jordan is available
For more information
The John Main Seminar - “New Wine, New Skins”
A wineskin was usually made of goat or sheep skin to store or transport wine. Putting new wine into old skins while it was still fermenting risked breaking the skin and losing the wine. Jesus uses the metaphor to illustrate the perennial freshness of the revolution he began and continues to drive – his empowering call to a renewed consciousness that will manifest new forms and structures of human life. Christians pray that this ‘reign of God will come on earth as in heaven’.
There will be a pre-seminar retreat led by Laurence from 11th to 14th September 2023
For registration details and more information
Silent Meditation Retreat
Monte Oliveto, Siena,Italy
“Seeing is Believing”
Led by Laurence Freeman OSB and Giovanni Felicioni
We can look at something but still see only what we imagine is there. We can have an experience and miss the meaning. Loss, grief, disappointment take their toll in life but can also be transformed by seeing what is really there.
WCCM Australia Invites you to join our online seminar Register by 24 March:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-earth-day-creative-contemplation-tickets-269455176687
Speakers:
Brooke Prentis is an Aboriginal Christian Leader from the Wakka Wakka peoples is a community pastor, writer and an advocate who has a vision “to build an Australia built on truth, justice, love and hope”. Brook will share her relationship to nature, country and how it influences her creativity.
Celia Kemp is a writer and theologian living in Alice Springs. She is the author and photographer of Into the Desert, Deep Calls to Deep, Songs from a Strange Land and the author of A Voice in the Wilderness: Listening to the Statement from the Heart. Celia will speak on “light on the water”.
Rosie Lloyd-Giblett has worked as an artist and art educator across many landscapes. Rosie’s ambition is to entice viewers of her works to “smell the foliage, view the colour pathway, and understand the tune of the natural world”.
A suggested donation of $20 to:
Account details: Bendigo Bank WCCM Australia (NSW) BSB 633 000
Account No. 188198618
Reference: CC and your full name The World Community for Christian Meditation Australia (NSW) wccmaustralia.org.au
Health and Wholeness: Healing Ourselves and Healing the Earth.
Online 10am to 4pm AEST.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83236512971?pwd=ZG1HZTgweDVnNkI1MFJrRkxFTFlUUT09
The speakers include a video talk by Dr Barry White on how we need to place a contemplative practice at the centre.
Laurence Freeman OSB will talk with us via video about The Power of Pure Attention and Information alone is not enough.
Dr Peter Smith will share his personal experience on how meditation helped him cope with trauma following an accident.
Janet O’Sullivan will be reflecting on the interconnectedness of Human and environmental health.
Hosted online by Laurence Freeman 4th of September https://wccm.org/events/community-of-love-30-years-of-wccm/
French time is 12pm to 6pm
AEST is 8pm Saturday 4th of September till the Sunday 5th of September
January 17 & 18 this is a two day seminar is in Auckland. Fr Laurence will also lead this, together with a range of other speakers focusing on how we can provide better care for people through developing an intuitive and compassionate presence with the people we work with.
This 3 day retreat is in Hamilton January 13-16, 2019. Fr Laurence Freeman is the Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation.
