The Well - Online meditation followed by a talk on a mystic or poet.

An invitation to drink deeply from the Well of Living Water offered by the mystics and poets: Online talks, preceded by a 20 minute meditation, in which the speakers reflect on how a mystic or poet has been life-giving, a source of Living Water, in their lives.

Sunday 11 October, 7.30-8.30pm (AEST) via zoom

When the Little Way is the only way:
A journey of love and grace with St Thérèse of Lisieux

St Thérèse, who died in 1897 aged 24, became known and loved for her theology of the ‘Little Way’ and her reputation for holiness. In her autobiography she writes: “… I said to myself: God cannot inspire unrealisable desires. I can, then, in spite of my littleness, aspire to holiness. It is impossible for me to grow up, and so I must bear with myself such as I am with all my imperfections.”

Speaker: The Rev’d Dr Kathleen Alleaume-Ross is an Anglican priest who earned a PhD from the University of Divinity in 2020 on Thérèse de Lisieux and Non-Heroic Sanctity. She has worked in Mental Health and Community based Palliative care and is in the process of becoming a Prison Chaplain. As a child Kathleen was introduced to Thérèse in the hope she may be humbled, yet her love of Thérèse led her to the priesthood Thérèse herself had so desired.

Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81069770651?pwd=S21BdHN4VHpMZk5ONHFSTlB2ZEIvZz09

There is no charge, but a donation towards an honorarium for our speakers would be greatly appreciated.

See: https://www.thelivingwater.com.au/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f20c979af12d14916e8f57a

A joint initiative of Benedictus Contemplative Church (https://benedictus.com.au/),
The World Community for Christian Meditation in Australia (https://wccmaustralia.org.au/), and the blog Living Water (www.thelivingwater.com.au)

Responding to the Gift and Call of Contemplative Church

Gathering in Canberra, 15-17 October 2026

This gathering is for those leading or wanting to initiate forms of Christian contemplative worship and community.

The last few years has seen a revival of contemplative practice in the Western church. This contemplative renewal has not necessarily permeated the ethos and practice of regular worshipping communities, but there are now signs of contemplative forms of church emerging, both as new expressions and within existing congregations, schools and communities.

This gathering is for those leading or wanting to initiate forms of contemplative worship and community. We seek to share and reflect on what’s emerging, to explore questions we are holding and needing to discern.

Learn more and register

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