The health and safety of our Bonnevaux guests and residents is our priority during the Corona pandemic. In accordance with official recommendations, all public events and retreats at Bonnevaux are therefore suspended from Saturday 14 March until further notice. With our community worldwide we are planning a programme of online teachings and meditations by which […]
We met with Sean O’Malley from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the US. “My name is Sean O’Malley, an Irish Catholic from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the US. I grew up going to church each week, eventually becoming an alter server. However, after high school, given the option to go to church or not, I chose not to […]
The 40 days of Lent pick up a symbol of “40” in the bible and Islam as well. It is a length of time associated with a testing period, a probation, maybe with difficulties and challenges, but you sort of graduate after 40 days. The Israelites wander 40 days in the desert. Moses spent 40 […]
The renovation of the Conference Centre (the Barn) is now formally complete. A group of architects and contractors met with the Bonnevaux Community at the beginning of February 2020, marking the completion of the renovation work at the Meditatio Conference Centre and signaling the approach of its official opening. The Conference Centre is a voluminous […]
The World Community for Christian Meditation is establishing a meditation and conference center in Bonnevaux near Poitiers. This center will open its doors at the end of 2020 and, during its first phase, will provide accommodation for 39 guests and space for 180 participants. To develop and manage this new structure, the Association Abbaye de Bonnevaux: […]
We met with Philip Kitchen who is the UK Ambassador for Bonnevaux within the UK. “I qualified as an accountant and spent the majority of my working career in and around London. I came to meditation relatively late in life but it has become an important part of my life for the last 20 years. […]
My experience of meditation started back in 2014 as a part of a personal development journey. At that time I didn’t follow any spiritual or religious paths, so I started to explore meditation following the Buddhist and Secular approach, which was what I could easily access in my hometown. After knowing a little bit more […]
We meet meditator Anja from Belgium who has taken part to the Young Meditators retreat held in Bonnevaux in 2019. Tell us a little bit about you, where you come from, what brought you to the world of meditation? My name is Anja T’Kindt, I am 43 years old and I live in Belgium. I […]
John Sargent, Charter Process Leader at L’Arche International, tells us about the plan of creating a new Charter of L’Arche, which was the theme of a recent meeting at Bonnevaux this January where members of the L’Arche community had the opportunity for listening and discernment. “The International Federation of L’Arche Communities is currently undergoing a […]
