......and to a new year of growth here at the Benedictine Centre for Spirituality.

In addition to the five residential rooms in the Centre, if you have visited us for residential retreat, you may have stayed in the monastery guest house: This house has now opened as a retreat centre within the World Community for Christian Meditation. Dom Laurence is its Director, a member of our monastic community, who many of your know through the meditation days he has led over the years at the BCS.

This promises a new enrichment of the spiritual life of our community here and of its guests and visitors. It enhances the contemplative focus as well as providing the opportunity to participate in the daily silent meditation sessions of the new Meditation Centre.

Although each centre will keep its own vision and programme of events, we will be liasing on schedules and resources between the two centres.

We pray that together we will encourage the growth and vitality of Benedictine life in Cockfosters.

More details of WCCM are on their website: www.wccm.org