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Safeguarding
Safeguarding, like data protection, is one of those words that seems to have crept up on us in recent years, often feeling as if it just makes life, or at
Andy Goddard
October 30, 2022
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Save the date! National Conference 2023
One of the highlights of the WCCM in the UK calendar is our national conference which provides an opportunity for us to come together to meditate, to learn, to make
Andy Goddard
October 30, 2022
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Meditatio Talks
For many years and four times a year a Meditatio CD was made available to Christian Meditation groups around the world. Below are the audio files (with transcripts) of these
Andy Goddard
October 9, 2022
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Queen Elizabeth II
Our community mourns with the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth – indeed worldwide – at the passing of such a woman of global inspiration. Her sense of duty
Andy Goddard
September 11, 2022
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John Main Seminar 2022: The Challenge TO Democracy – The Challenge OF Democracy
Democracy is too important to leave just to politicians. This year’s John Main Seminar, led by Herman Van Rompuy, takes place in a responsive conversation with other meditators representing different
Andy Goddard
September 9, 2022
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Newsletters – 2022 Issue 3
The latest issue of Meditation News, the UK Community Newsletter is now available to download and read here. The next issue of the WCCM International Newsletter is expected at the
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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Launch of the New Guidelines for Teaching Christian Meditation in Schools
As we all know, teaching meditation to children has been seen as a very valuable gift in helping children develop spiritually, the children enjoy it and it is a gift
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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Living with the Mystics Day on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
A Summary of the discussion and insights. Introduction Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born near Clermont Ferrand, France in 1881. His father served as a regional librarian and was a
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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A Contemplative Christianity for Our Time – Sarah Bachelard
Do you ever have the experience of reading a book and feeling that you just have to pass this on to other people? I recently read Sarah Bachelard’s book entitled
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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‘Touch the Earth Lightly’ – Conference 2022
Third time lucky! Having been postponed twice due to the pandemic, WCCM in the UK’s conference finally took place in June at High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire. The theme
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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Connecting with Young Adults
In the last newsletter I wrote about the changing shape of the UK community, the upsurge in the number of online groups and the various types of meetings that are
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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Tributes to Charles Posnett 1944 – 2022, WCCM Oblate
Charles now lives fully, beyond all fear all doubt and all division in the love of God his creator. His guide into this beatitude is the same transcendent person –
Andy Goddard
August 1, 2022
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Newsletters – 2022 Issue 2
The latest issues of Meditation News, the UK Community Newsletter and the WCCM International Newsletter, are now available to download and read here. Printed copies of the UK Newsletter have
Andy Goddard
June 3, 2022
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One Mind – One Heart – A meditation and lifestyle retreat for young adults
One Mind – One Heart is the theme of WCCM for 2022. This retreat brings together young people from all over the world to reflect on the meaning of unity
Andy Goddard
May 21, 2022
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WCCM in solidarity with our Ukrainian Community and all the People of Ukraine
Laurence Freemans sends a message of solidarity and support to the Community in Ukraine during this time when dark forces have been unleashed in the barbaric invasion of a free
Andy Goddard
February 25, 2022
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Newsletters – 2022 Issue 1
The first 2022 issues of the UK Newsletter Meditation News and the international WCCM Newsletter along with a leaflet about the UK Annual Conference are now available here as a
Andy Goddard
January 28, 2022
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Nature and the Environment
A Contemplative Approach to the crisis Glasgow hosted the vital COP26 Climate Conference in 2021. Postponed from the previous year because of the pandemic, and with the window of opportunity
Andy Goddard
January 14, 2022
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Unified Consciousness: One Mind One Heart
 Unified Consciousness is the WCCM theme for 2022. The essential reality of the consciousness of mind and heart is a shared insight of all spiritual traditions as well as of
Andy Goddard
January 11, 2022
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Just Turn Up!
Just Turn Up! the meditator’s companion, a practical guide by Julie Roberts with foreword by Laurence Freeman This new book by UK National Coordiator Julie Roberts is a walk with
Andy Goddard
November 11, 2021