Who we are

We are an inter faith group who practise Christian Mediation in the tradition of the Desert Fathers reintroduced in our times to Christian communities by John Main and continued now by Fr. Laurence Freeman and the World Community for Christian Meditation. Since the covid epidemic the Christian Meditation Group in Luxembourg meets on Zoom on Thursday evenings at 18.30, as well as once a month in person – for those who wish to come.

Newcomers and people of all faiths and none are welcome. For further information telephone Marcella McCarthy at 691435788 or email her here.

Further information about this form of meditation can be found here or on the World Community for Christian Meditation website http://www.wccm.org or by watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvFneqPA8U8

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News

Advent Retreat: Dec. 12-14th 2025

We are organising a Meditation retreat in the beautiful former 12^th century Cistercian monastery of St Thomas’ in the German Eifel just over hours drive from Luxembourg city. We are thrilled to have secured Liz Watson as our retreat leader. Liz is an experienced WCCM teacher and retreat leader not just in her native UK and in Bonnevaux but she is also in demand as such throughout Europe and beyond.  The theme is SILENCE, STILLNESS and SIMPLICITY.

For more information about this retreat please see the attached flyer and FAQ document.

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Resources

The WCCM website also lists on-line talks, discussions and retreats. Most of these require a modest payment (or ‘offering’) – probably WCCM’s main source of income. Of particular interest in 2023 is the new special series Metanoia: ‘Let your minds be remade’. See https://wccm.org/events/metanoia/.

Looking back a few years: the principal speaker at the 2019 John Main Seminar in Vancouver was the Australian Anglican priest Sarah Bachelard. She gave five, brilliant and inspirational, talks on Contemplation and Christianity in our Time. You can listen to her talks here https://wccm.org/content/john-main-seminar-2019-in-canada-a-memorable-edition-led-by-sarah-bachelard/ . Highly recommended!

There is also here: https://wccm.org/news/watch-the-dialogue-on-unified-consciousness-with-hh-the-dalai-lama-and-fr-laurence-freeman-osb/  an interesting (free) discussion between Laurence Freeman, the Director of WCCM and the Dalai Lama that took place in December 2021

‘On the ground’ retreats and workshops are also offered at the home of the WCCM community, the beautiful Bonnevaux Abbey near Poitiers in France. See www.bonnevauxwccm.org for all the details.