World Community for Christian Meditation
- World Community for Christian Meditation
The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) was founded in 1991 to foster the teachings of Benedictine monk and priest, Fr. John Main, O.S.B. Fr. Main taught a way of Christian meditation which he based on parallels he saw between the spiritual practice taught by Desert Father John Cassian and the meditative practice he had been taught by the Swami Satyanandain in Kuala Lumpur. [cite web | title = "John Main’s Monastic Adventure" | work = Fr. Laurence Freeman, O.S.B. | url = http://www.wccm.org/images/JMMonasticAdvent3.htm | accessdate = 16 November | accessyear = 2006 ] The current director of the WCCM is Fr. Laurence Freeman, O.S.B., a student of John Main and a Benedictine monk of the Olivetan Congregation. The World Community has its International Centre and a retreat centre in London. There are a number of Centres in other parts of the world. The Community is thus a ‘monastery without walls’, a family of national communities and emerging communities in over a hundred countries. The foundation of this Community is the local meditation group, which meets weekly in homes, parishes, offices, hospitals, prisons, and colleges. The World Community works closely with many Christian churches.
Annually, it runs the [http://wccm.org/jmsdatelist.asp?pagestyle=jmsdatelist John Main Seminar] and The Way of Peace. It also sponsors retreats, schools for the training of teachers of meditation seminars, lectures, and other programs. It contributes to interfaith dialogue particularly, in recent years, with Buddhists and Muslims. A quarterly spiritual letter with news of the community is mailed and also available online. Weekly readings can be sent direct by email. Information on current programmes, connections to national coordinators and the location of meditation groups can be found on the [http://www.wccm.org Community website] which also offers a range of [http://www.wccm.org/item.asp?recordid=meditatiolisten&pagestyle=default online audio talks] . This site is the hub of a growing family of Internet presence, the Web sites of [http://wccm.org/item.asp?recordid=Links06&pagestyle=default national communities and special interests] , such as the [http://www.meditationwithchildren.com/ teaching of meditation to children] and the contemporary spirituality of priests.
Medio Media is the communication and publishing arm of The World Community and offers a wide range of books, audio and videos to support the practice of meditation. The online bookstore is at [http://www.mediomedia.org Medio Media] .
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