Bonnevaux Centre for Peace
A Place for Peaceful Transformation
Bonnevaux is a new meditation and conference centre at the heart of The World Community for Christian Meditation dedicated to personal and social transformation
Retreat & Conference Centre
The Retreat Centre (opens July 2020) has capacity for up to 39 guests. The Meditatio Conference Centre is a multipurpose facility with capacity for 200 (opens December 2019)
Programme
The programme highlights the contemplative dimension of modern life and society. Together with meditation retreats there are conferences and seminars with both spiritual and professional focus. All these events are held within the rhythm of daily meditation and the community’s life.
Community
The central house is home to a residential community living in the spirit of the Rule of St. Benedict. The core community includes oblates, other residents and long-term guests. Its daily round, built on the monastic rhythm of prayer, work and study, hospitality and care for others, is the quiet pulsebeat of life at Bonnevaux.
Upcoming Events
Waiting for What has Already Come: Advent Retreat
Abbaye de Bonnevaux, Bonnevaux, 86370 Marçay, France
Developing a Well-tempered Yoga Practice
Abbaye de Bonnevaux, Bonnevaux, 86370 Marçay, France
Help Us to Complete the Vision
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Support usTestimonials
Taynã Malaspina
Oblate Coordinator, Brazil
“Being in Bonnevaux, in this physical space, for a few days with people from around the world was so beautiful. We meditated together, studied the Rule of St Benedict, we had a “Desert Day” with a deep communion through silence. The Spirit of St Benedict lives in this place and I am deeply grateful with this experience.”
Richard Rohr OFM
Founder of Center for Action and Contemplation
“I fully congratulate the World Community for embarking on the project of this new center for its whole community and for all who are seeking depth and peace. It is a truly beautiful place and I am sure it will communicate the beauty of the peace of contemplation.”
Mary McAleese
Former President of Ireland
“It is past time for the World Community to have a permanent home, a centre of deep peace and an invitation to reconciliation in our troubled and troubling age but also our age of educated young problem solvers and consciences formed by equality, democracy, compassion and courage.”
Visit Bonnevaux
Located outside of Poitiers. We are a renovated secluded abbey in the French country side. With only a 90 minute train ride from Paris or a quick 20 minute drive from the nearby airport, Bonnevaux is situated at the perfect intersection of convenience and seclusion
