The John Main Seminars
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About the John Main Seminar
We are so excited to have attendees, speakers, and volunteers from all over the world, and that means different time zones!
It’s important to note that the event schedule is Central Daylight Time, also known as CDT or CDST which is UTC -5.
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Seminar Program Online |
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Day 1 Monday, October 19 |
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MEXICO (UTC-5) |
ACTIVITY AND THEME | SPEAKERS All sessions will have simultaneous translation |
14:00 to 14:45 | CONFERENCE 1 INDIGENOUS WISDOM | Fr. ALEX ZATYRKA MEXICO (Spanish) |
14:45 to 15:15 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
15:15 | Dialog Online, Q & A | Fr. ALEX and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog (English) |
Day 2 Tuesday, October 20 |
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MEXICO (UTC-5) |
ACTIVITY | SPEAKERS |
7:00 to 7:45 | CONFERENCE 2 CARE OF MOTHER EARTH | HILARIO CHI CANUL MEXICO (Spanish) |
7:45 to 8:15 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
8:15 | Dialog Online, Q & A | HILARIO and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog |
Break | ||
10:00 to 10:45 | CONFERENCE 3 LITURGY | PULENG MATSANENG SOUTH AFRICA (En) |
10:45 to 11:15 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
11.15 | Dialog Online, Q & A | PULENG and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog |
Break | ||
14:00 to 14:40 | CONFERENCE 4a HEALING | TAU HUIRAMA NEW ZEALAND (English) |
14:40 to 15:20 | CONFERENCE 4b HEALING | VANESSA ELDRIDGE NEW ZEALAND (English) |
15:20 to 15:50 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
15:50 | Dialog Online, Q & A | TAU, VANESSA and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog (English) |
Day 3 Wednesday, October 21 |
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MEXICO (UTC-5) |
ACTIVITY | SPEAKERS |
10:00 to 10:45 | CONFERENCE 5 RECONCILIATION | RON BEREZAN and IVAN ROSYPSKYE CANADA (English) |
10:45 to 11:15 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
11:15 | Dialog Online, Q & A | RON, IVAN and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog |
Break | ||
14:00 to 14:45 | CONFERENCE 6 INDIGENOUS WISDOM | Fr. ALEX ZATYRKA MEXICO (Spanish) |
14:45 to 15:15 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
15:15 | Dialog Online, Q & A | Fr. ALEX and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog |
Day 4 Thursday, October 22 |
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MEXICO (UTC-5) |
ACTIVITY | SPEAKERS |
10:00 to 10:45 | CONFERENCE 7 BUILDING BRIDGES | ANA MARIA LLAMAZARES ARGENTINA(Spanish) |
10:45 to 11:15 | Meditation time | Global attendees |
11:15 | Dialog Online, Q & A | ANA MARÍA and Fr. LAURENCE Dialog |
Break | ||
14:00 | ONLINE PANEL INDIGENOUS WISDOM CONCLUSIONS | Fr. ALEX ZATYRKA and Fr. LAURENCE |
15:00 | Online Concelebrated Holy Mass | Fr. ALEX ZATYRKA and Fr. LAURENCE |
WCCM Director
Jesuit Institute of South Africa
Anthropologist, Researcher and professor Argentina
Seminar main speaker Mexico
Manager, Day Hospice at Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington, New Zealand
Internationally trained indigenous Māori speaker, New Zealand
Permaculture and organic agriculture consultant and Anglican “Eco-Deacon”
Artist and a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation
Mexican linguist of Maya ethnicity and Professor of Maya at the University of Quintana Roo
Back in The Hague I look back on a beautiful special experience. The retreat and the John Main Seminar were a bit more active than usual, because I was one of the volunteers. But what was special about this: working in a team of warm, active and hospitable volunteers. No assignment was too much for someone, no conflicts, no irritations, everything was done with love and the necessary patience. I heard from others that this also happened to the participants. They felt welcome, and that was the point. It was an opportunity for me to express the Maria and Martha side of life, contemplation and action within our own community. Congratulations to the coordinators, what a job that has been in the past year!
When I attended the John Main Seminar and retreat in Squamish in August, I was delighted to meet such fascinating and committed meditators from around the world. What a marvellous sense of community this event inspired!
I am still full of gratitude for our blessed week in Squamish and surely everyone is.
It has been a transformational experience for me . We have restarted our meditation group as a result .
The seminar and retreat were wonderful… thought-provoking and helpful. We are blessed to be part of such a wonderful group.
The support WCCM or the Meditation Community has given me over the years has meant more to me than words can say. So the international group connected me with others and supported me and my belief in the importance of meditation.
We all have such wonderful memories of the retreat and think of it often.
Another happy gathering for the WCCM.
Please know it was worth it all for those of us attending!
The silent retreat in a dream place and the conferences of Sarah Bachelard, were excellent complements of a personal analysis that allowed me to enjoy a week of inner reflection to be able to share it on a day-to-day basis. Thank you all who made it possible.
We are seeking your generosity to help others with less resources to experience the benefits of this John Main annual Seminar.
Please contribute with a full scholarship to the seminar, a half scholarship, a quarter of a scholarship or any amount you desire to make it possible for others to join the group this coming 2020 seminar.
We appreciate your generosity