John Main
Dom John Main OSB | |
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Benedictine monk and teacher | |
| Born | Douglas William Victor Main 21 January 1926 London, England |
| Died | 30 December 1982 (aged 56) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
John Douglas Main OSB (21 January 1926 – 30 December 1982) was a Roman Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who presented a way of Christian meditation which used a prayer-phrase or mantra. In 1975, Main began Christian meditation groups which met at Ealing Abbey, his monastery in West London, England, and, later, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. These were the origins of the ecumenical network of Christian meditation groups which have become the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM).