Main Service – Saturday 6pm
- We meet in the hall at St Ninian’s, cnr Brigalow & Mouat Sts Lyneham. All welcome.
- To attend via zoom, click here (passcode 864207).
On-line Morning Meditation – 8.15am Weekdays
- To attend via zoom, click here (passcode 600361)
On-site Lunch Time Meditation – 12.30pm Tuesday-Thursday
On-line Evening Meditation – 5.30pm Sunday-Friday
Friday Zoom Sandwich – 12.30pm click here
Supporting Benedictus
Benedictus is a self-supporting community relying entirely on donations to sustain our ministry. If you are able to make a regular or one-off financial contribution by direct debit or via our PayPal account, we would very much value your support:
Direct debit: Benedictus Contemplative Church; BSB 633 000; Account No. 153841135
PayPal payment: click here
Benedictus is a contemplative church seeking an authentic, open-hearted and thoughtful encounter with God. Silent meditation, reflection on Scripture, and celebration are features of our shared life and worship. In the spacious hospitality of prayer and community, we learn to attend more deeply to ourselves and each other, and to the movement and calling of the Spirit in our time.
Benedictus means blessed. To be blessed and a blessing is to join in God’s reconciling love for the world. We welcome all people who are seeking to deepen their spiritual journey.
Weekly Service 6.00 – 7.00pm Saturdays
Location: cnr Brigalow & Mouat Sts (the hall @ St Ninian’s), Lyneham ACT Australia
E. info@benedictus.com.au
‘Benedictus strikes me as a fresh, refreshing and contemporary manifestation of Christian faith and community for our time. Benedictus brings the depth dimension of contemplative spirituality into the experience of both worship and fellowship … It is not only the church that benefits from this. The social institutions with which the church works in the world are also challenged to live at a level beyond outward appearance and to make compassion and wisdom integral to their vision and way of life’.
– Laurence Freeman OSB, Director,
World Community for Christian Meditation
Through the Looking Glass (Ezekiel 34. 1-24) - Listen to this reflection (mp3)
Upcoming events
Welcome to Newcomers - Spring Sessions - 13 & 14 October
Welcome to Newcomers offers a brief history of Benedictus and gives a sense of how the community works, as well as a chance to meet others. Read more
Concert - An Evening with John Coleman and Friends, Thursday 31 October, 7.30-9.00pm
Join us in the hall at St Ninians on Thursday 31 October, 7.30pm - 9.00pm for a concert with John Coleman, and journey through universal experiences of love, loss, whimsy and joy. Read more
Trauma-Informed Practice Workshop, Saturday 16 November
The aim of the workshop is to promote understanding of the key features of trauma and how trauma affects individuals, organisational health and spirituality. This is an opportunity to become more trauma-informed and learn how to minimise rather than amplify trauma impacts in the way we generate and participate in community. Read more
2025 Silent Retreat 17-19 January 2025, Heaven in Ordinarie: Renewing Connection
Benedictus is again offering a silent retreat this coming January. Led by Sarah, this retreat is an invitation, early in the year, to renew connection with the heart of prayer and so with the ground of our being Read more
New Program: Formation in Contemplative Action
In 2025, Benedictus is offering a year-long program for Formation in Contemplative Action. This program is open to anyone and will particularly speak to those who are seeking wisdom, practice and a community that will support them to participate in work, leadership and the active life with expanded self-awareness, freedom and love. Read more