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Bonnevaux : Centre for Peace

Home of the World Community for Christian Meditation

Coming to Stay at Bonnevaux

Some ways of spending time at Bonnevaux

Deep Silent Retreat

17-25 January, led by Liz Watson

A Short Pause in Our Live-Streamed Masses

Please note that there will be no online Contemplative Eucharist live-streamed from Bonnevaux on January 11, 18, and 25. We look forward to welcoming you back when the live transmissions resume on February 1. Thank you for your understanding and continued presence with us.

Celebrate Christmas with Us in Bonnevaux

24 Dec, 10 pm (CET, France): Christmas Eve Vigil
(WE WILL NOT HAVE Christmas Day Contemplative Eucharist on 25th Dec)

What is Bonnevaux?

The home of The World Community for Christian Meditation. A core community, interns and volunteers will welcome you to share in their daily life and for retreats.

 

Meditation and Community

The Abbey is home to the Bonnevaux core community and long-term residents who live in the spirit of the Rule of St Benedict – a daily rhythm of prayer, work and study, hospitality, solitude and friendship. A place of great natural beauty with a spiritual energy nurtured by 1500 years of contemplation

Visit Bonnevaux

Bonnevaux is located outside of Poitiers. We are a renovated, secluded abbey in the French countryside. Only a 90 minute train ride from Paris or a quick 20 minute drive from the nearby airport, Bonnevaux is perfectly situated where convenience and seclusion meet.