JMS '26 in Washington D.C.

This year’s main seminar speaker is Timothy Shriver PhD, married and a father of five, the longtime Chairman of Special Olympics International, co-creator of the Dignity Index, and co-founder of UNITE. Tim will be joined by Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington D.C. and Fr Laurence Freeman.

Tim has long been committed to the work of re-building society: by speaking truth to power and caring for the neglected and marginalised. In the talks and dialogues of the Seminar, he will apply his personal conviction of the power of faith and spiritual experience --- in the deepest and broadest sense --- to transform hearts and open minds.

Timothy Shriver

is an American educator, film producer, and prominent social activist.

Leading this year's John Main Seminar, he asks how a personal practice like meditation directly affects others and helps build a secular society aligned with the peace and justice of the reign of God. He will explore what John Main means by saying that 'meditation creates community'.

Bishop Mariann Budde

is the first female Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington D.C.

"These are precisely the times when Jesus asks us to trust him, and that there is a way forward, even though we can’t yet see it. It may not be the way we want or would choose for ourselves, but he promises to show us a way, and to empower us to do what as yet feels impossible."

Fr. Laurence Freeman

is Director and spiritual guide of The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM).

"...it struck me that each of us has a poem deep within us we must write. The work we have to be faithful to is our unique essence and meaniing...Yet, our lives bear fruit in more than one lifetime because the poem is written afresh from one generation to the next."

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