Caring for Oneself, for Others and for Us – Young Adults Retreat

Taynã is a WCCM oblate and International Director of Meditation for Young people. She started her work in the community with a meditation project with children. She graduated in Social Communication with a master’s degree in Social Psychology. Postgraduate degree in Positive Psychology: Science of Well-being and Self-Realization (PUC-RS) . Certification in Neuroscience and Well-being Science (PUC-RS) . Postgraduate degree in Spirituality and Consciousness Studies (PUC-RS). Taynã is 39 years old and has two daughters (4 and 9 years old). Christian meditation was the path I found on my spiritual journey responsible for deepening my Christian faith through the experience of being with God in silence. Bonnevaux is an oasis of peace in a world marked by distractions. Living in the atmosphere of Bonnevaux allows us to look at our current lifestyle and "recalculate our route", seeking a better balance between action and contemplation.

Originally from Argentina, Father Patricio is currently the pastoral advisor of Amigos de Jesús, a Home for Children in Honduras. He is a missionary priest, living part of the year in rural areas of the Honduran West, and the rest of the year in the US spreading the word about Amigos de Jesus and contemplative prayer according to the teachings of the WCCM. Father Patricio also conducts weekend retreats and days of recollection for various groups including local parishes, women’s groups, and Latin-American communities in the US. Father Patricio is part of the Latin American pastoral team of the WCCM and travels around Latin America giving talks and retreats related to contemplative prayer.

Terry works as a Holistic Wellbeing Coach and Community Organizer in the North East of England. As a young man he played guitar in various punk bands and led the classic life of sex, drugs and rock n roll! Then following a big spiritual conversion in his life Terry discovered the Path of Awakening through meditation, a Path he has walked now for over 30years. He became a Benedictine Oblate with WCCM in 2012 in order to deepen his own commitment along the Way. Having studied Eastern Healing and Martial Arts, Terry is well known for teaching Tai Chi and Qi Gong across the North of England. He is also very motivated by social justice and has trained in Asset Based Community Development as well as the same training in Community Organizing that Michelle and Barack Obama completed to start their political journeys! Over the years he has developed many projects that help vulnerable people to live more fulfilling lives especially in the fields of addiction and homelessness and over the past 10 years helping locally dispersed Asylum Seekers to feel welcome in resistant communities. Terry is also the Wellbeing Coach for the incredible NEO Singing Group (formerly Streetwise Opera) which is made up of people from all kinds of difficult and disadvantaged backgrounds, who come together to learn and grow as people and regularly wow audiences with their passion and enthusiasm on stage and video! Terry is the WCCM Special Interest Coordinator for sharing the gift of Meditation with people from the margins of society. He leads workshops and retreats across the Uk for people ranging from street homeless to the rich and privileged believing that we are all the same underneath.