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Fr. '''Laurence Freeman''', [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]], is a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monk and priest of the [http://www.monteolivetomaggiore.it/inglese1.htm Congregation of Monte Oliveto].
After reading [[English literature | English]] at [[New College, Oxford]] he had experience with the [http://www.un.org/ United Nations] and was briefly employed in [[Merchant banking]] and then began to assist [[John Main]] in running a small [[Christian meditation]] community in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] at the invitation of the [http://diocesemontreal.org/accueil/langues/index.htm Archbishop of Montreal] to establish a Benedictine community of monks and laypeople dedicated to the practice and teaching of Christian meditation. While in Montreal he studied theology at the [[Université de Montréal]] and at [[McGill University]] made his solemn monastic profession in 1979 and was [[Holy Orders | ordained to the priesthood]] in 1980. In 1991 Fr Laurence returned to England to establish the [http://wccm.org/item.asp?recordid=InternationalCentre&pagestyle=default International Centre of The World Community for Christian Meditation] that is now present in about a hundred countries.
Fr. Laurence is the director of The [[World Community for Christian Meditation]] (WCCM), which is a global network of [[Christian meditation]] groups that practice the way of Christian meditation taught by Fr. [[John Main]], [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] He is also the founder and director of the [http://www8.georgetown.edu/centers/meditation/ John Main Center for Meditation and Inter-religious Dialogue] at [[Georgetown University]]. Laurence Freeman is the author of many books and articles and is also the editor of John Main's works and a member of the Board of [http://www.MedioMedia.org Medio Media], the publishing arm of the World Community. He has conducted dialogues and peace initiatives such as the historic Way of Peace with the Dalai Lama and is active in inter-religious dialogue with other faiths as well as in encouraging the teaching of Christian meditation to children and students and in the re-appropriation of the contemplative wisdom tradition in the Church and society at large.
== Bibliography ==
* Light Within
* The Selfless Self
* A Short Span of Days
* Christian Meditation: Your Daily Practice
* Web of Silence
* Jesus: The Teacher Within
== See also ==
* [[World Community for Christian Meditation]]
== External links ==
* [http://wccm.org/item.asp?recordid=freeman&pagestyle=default Laurence Freeman OSB bio] at the [[World Community for Christian Meditation]] website
* [http://www.meditationwithchildren.com/ Meditation with Children - Directed by Laurence Freeman OSB]
* [http://www.thespiritualsolution.com/ The Spiritual Solution - for young people]
* [http://www.christianmeditationgroups.org/ Christian Meditation Groups - A Pearl of Great Price, Laurence Freeman, OSB, author]
* [http://www.christianmeditation11step.org/ Christian Meditation as an 11th Step Recovery Program - Director Father Laurence Freeman]
* [http://www.meditacioncristiana.com/ La Meditación Cristiana - Director Padre Laurence Freeman]
* [http://www.georgetown.edu/centers/meditation// The John Main Center and inter-religious dialogue, Georgetown University - Founder Father Laurence Freeman]
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