Meditation in the Monastic Tradition - PER-DAY-REGISTRATION

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This exceptional week is open to all who – as St Benedict says – are ‘truly seeking God’. It will bring together monks, oblates, scholars and a wide range of people integrating contemplative and active dimension of life.

Since the Second Vatican Council, monks have been asked to share the riches of their contemplative tradition more widely within the church and with the world. A number of remarkable monks – including Thomas Merton, Henri le Saux, Bede Griffiths and John Main – have had a radical influence on spirituality and religion in the modern world. They helped to return monasticism to its roots and redefine how it relates to the secular world. They saw how contemplative prayer, though long associated exclusively with the cloister, is in fact central to Christian life.

As the church today opens itself in a new wave of renewal and engagement with its mission in the world, the practice of contemplative prayer assumes even greater significance. Monks face both an opportunity and a major responsibility to meet this need in the modern world.

In this Week of Study and Practice an influential group of monastics and lay practitioners will illuminate this issue through exploring its tradition and its contemporary expressions. They will teach and discuss with the participants from the rich roots of monastic contemplative spirituality. They will also reflect on the need for a contemplative renewal in monasticism and the church generally and how monastic and lay practitioners can collaborate to realize this aim.

Each day of the week will blend study and practice, silence and discussion, solitude and fellowship. The day will follow the monastic schedule of the Office.  The Eucharist and periods of meditation will be incorporated into these times. There will be times of lectio and of communal silence.

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE: Laurence Freeman OSB, Bernard Sawicki OSB, Joseph Wong OSB, Paolo Trianni, Sr Lorella Fracassa, Stefan Reynolds, Tim Casey, and Sarah Bachelard  

Keynote Talk by the Abbot Primate, Notker Wolf OSB