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The John Main Seminar 2020

June 18, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

The John Main Seminar 2020 organized by the Community in Mexico will be held online, from 19 (2 pm, Mexico) to 22 October (4 pm, Mexico). This change in plan is just one of the innumerable changes Covid 19 has forced on the world. But the theme of this year’s Seminar is acutely relevant to the crisis we are passing through, something never before confronted by humanity: where and how can we find the wisdom to survive and flourish? ‘One Heart, One Hope – Indigenous wisdom, and the future of humanity‘ will offer ancestral as well as new answers to this question.

The keynote speaker will be Alex Zatyrka SJ, doctor in theology from the University of Innsbruck. He has spent many years with indigenous peoples in Mexico and Bolivia and has learnt their languages. Drawing from their wisdom and together with panelists representing indigenous peoples from three continents, he will help us explore these themes.

Please note that simultaneous translation to Spanish will be provided.

VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER HERE

Connecting Prayer and Care for Creation

June 15, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

An online workshop from The Meditatio Centre London

In this workshop we will provide an opportunity for people to explore their feelings in relation to the destruction of our environment and how that can lead us to deepen our prayers for the earth.

The workshop will be a safe space to reflect on environmental stories and issues and connect that to our prayers. We hope to encourage better awareness of the ecological crisis and call out our imagination, prayer and action to show solidarity with people in poorer countries facing common experiences around the world.

Peter will use some of his photos from his work in Bangladesh to stimulate our imaginations to pray for a different world and better understanding. You can see these in the links below.

https://petermusgrave.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/tobacco-road-to-sohogolpur/

https://petermusgrave.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/peoples-faces-at-the-brickfields-of-meherpur/

Peter has worked for over 35 years in the field of community development . He has a special interest in Bangladesh where he has lived and worked for many years, a country on the frontier of climate change. Peter is a meditator with WCCM and a member of Green Christian.

Meditation, Wellbeing and More

June 11, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

A new online course by Jim Green.

Meditation, Wellbeing and More has been designed to help you explore a range of concepts associated with health, wellbeing, human development and personal growth, alongside the practice of meditation. Meditation has long been recognised as something that can support personal wellbeing.

The course encourages you to reflect on what we might mean by wellbeing, and to take up – or continue – meditation. Engaging with the course will open the possibility of discovering that there is much more for us to know about ourselves and about the world (only now in a quite different way) – and much more for us to let go of.

Check it out now! Visit www.theschoolofmeditation.org

Towards a New Earth – Meditatio Ecology

May 21, 2020 by Leonardo Correa Leave a Comment

See more information on this online journey organized by WCCM France.

Resources for Children to Learn to Meditate through the Current Pandemic

April 27, 2020 by katecoombs Leave a Comment

We hope you find these new resources for teaching meditation to young people useful. If you have developed any new resources, please share them with Paul Tratnyek

Meditation with Primary and Secondary School children

http://acontemplativepath-wccm.org/2020/04/22/wccm-and-the-catholic-childrens-society-present-a-series-of-videos-on-meditation-with-young-people/

Meet Frankie the Still Fox

Frankie the Still Fox is a beautifully illustrated new book by Ernie Christie and Mary Hosking. In this book children are invited to learn to meditate with Frankie who is looking for silence in his life. A lovely book to read aloud with your little ones. Click on the picture to purchase.

Meet The Little Mouse

Watch this online session with Paty Sanchez from Mexico reading her story The Little Mouse in Spanish and be inspired to lead your own sessions. In Colombia, Elba Rodriguez also reads this story aloud and meditates with children on live Facebook sessions.

Meditación con niñ@s
Taller 2: El cuento del ratoncitoGracias @wccmmexico!
Publiée par Meditación Cristiana Colombia sur Lundi 6 avril 2020

A Word from the Teachers

In this film teachers in two primary schools in Scotland share their experience and answer some practical questions about how to meditate with children.