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Below are face-to-face events like conferences, talks, and workshops relating to silence and contemplative living. |
At the top of the page are events on one date, for a few hours or all day.
Lower down are conferences or events happening over more than one date.
Face-to-face events on one date
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Sadly, now CANCELLED:
Out of the Wreck We Rise: The Practice of Contemplation when our Lives are in Bits with Martin Laird, OSA Wed 15th June, 6.30-9pm, The Meditatio Centre, London EC1R 1XX Martin Laird in an acclaimed academic, specialising in the mystics, and a renowned author of three books about silence, Into the Silent Land, A Sunlit Absence and An Ocean of Light. More detail of the day to follow. The retreat day can also be attended on line, live streamed and/or as a recorded event. |
Cost: £15 (conc. £10)
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In person talk (also on zoom)
A Burning Passion for God: Reflection on Marguerite Porete with Dr Rebecca Stephens Sat 25th June, 10.30-4pm, The Meditatio Centre, London EC1R 1XX Marguerite Porete wrote with rhetorical brilliance and unflinching passion about the path to oneness with God. Porete offers valuable teachings which deserve to be studied within the mystical tradition and have much to teach us still today. Despite receiving praise for her book, this woman who described herself as ‘the phoenix who is alone’ paid the ultimate price for her refusal to be censored, and was executed at the stake in 1310 and dismissed as a heretic. |
Cost: £TBC
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In person talk (also on line - see virtual events)
Two Contemporary Women Writers: Reading as Contemplation Wed 6th July, 6.30-9pm, with Dr Josie von Zitzewitz, Meditatio Centre, London We will look at two American women Marilynne Robinson, novelist and Lisel Mueller, poet, both exceptionally fine observers, at their best when describing what is going on within people, and between people and God. Using deceptively simple, precise language, they invite us to linger and read in a contemplative fashion. |
Cost: £15
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In person study retreat day
Sitting at the Feet of the Carmelite Mystics Sat 3rd September, 10-4pm, House of Prayer, East Molesey KT8 0PB with Audrey Hamilton Teresa of Avila famously described prayer as nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends, taking time to be alone with Him who we know loves us. She, and the other great Carmelite mystics, have much to teach us about how beloved we are and the grandeur of our calling. They also help us to be authentically ourselves in the reality of our daily lives. Join us as we sit at their feet and enter the mystery of God's transformative love. |
Cost: £30
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Face-to-face events on more than one day
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Evening, in person meditation teaching
An Introduction to Meditation in the Christian Tradition First Thursday of month, 6-7pm, Meditatio Centre, London EC1R On the first Thursday of each month an introductory evening will be held for those new to meditation. The evenings will be led by members of WCCM. |
Cost: free
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