John Main Center for Christian Contemplation
Schedule
The John Main Center (JMC) is open Monday-Friday from 7 am to 10 pm for personal contemplation and meditation time and also offers weekly guided Christian contemplative meditation sessions. The JMC is located in Anne Marie Becraft Hall on Georgetown’s main campus near Dahlgren Quad at the corner of Old North Way and Library Walk.
For Zoom sessions, request the link by emailing meditationcenter@georgetown.edu . In-person sessions are held in Anne Marie Becraft Hall.
Monday:
- 12:30 to 1 PM | Zoom
- 5:30 to 6 PM | in-person
- 9 to 9:30 PM | in-person
Tuesday:
- 12:30 to 1 PM | Zoom
- 9 to 9:30 PM | in-person
Wednesday:
- 9 to 9:25 AM | in-person
- 12:30 to 1 PM | Zoom & in-person
- 5:30 to 6 PM | in-person
Thursday:
- 12:30 to 1 PM | Zoom & in-person
- 9 to 9:30 PM | in-person
Friday:
- 12:30 to 1 PM | Zoom
To see a full schedule of all Campus Ministry gatherings and services, please visit our Campus Ministry Religious Services Calendar.
Use the Georgetown University map for directions.
Meet Our Team
Lisa Directo Davis, Catholic Chaplain for Contemplative Practices and John Main Center Program Director
Lisa Directo Davis is the Catholic Chaplain for Contemplative Practice, John Main Center Program Director. She oversees the Center’s meditation sessions, ecumenical and inter-religious offerings, and leadership formation for the diverse student team. In this role, Lisa seeks to foster a deeper integration of contemplative practices with compassionate action. She has loved serving in university and parish ministry in the States as well as overseas with the British Jesuits to launch the London Jesuit Volunteers and with non-profits in Sri Lanka and Cyprus, such as Emerge and Caritas. Lisa always aspires to cultivate welcoming spaces where students, faculty, and staff can explore in community or individually, their deepest heart questions about finding a spiritual home within, without, and across faith traditions, navigating life transitions, grief, and purpose. Lisa pursued interdisciplinary studies in Social Behavior and Ecology at U.C. Irvine, holds an M.Div. from Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary with the Benedictines in Minnesota, and earned a certificate for spiritual direction with the RSCJ’s at the Center for Christian Spirituality, University of San Diego. She is certified to teach Ashtanga-based vinyasa yoga. Beyond the Hilltop, Lisa loves time with family, Filipino sweets and siopao, afternoon tea, watching foreign films, and befriending local artisans.
Accessibility Statement:
Anne Marie Becraft Hall is located between Village C East and Hawkins Hall. The elevator on the left side of the Village C stairs can be taken up from Tondorf Road to level 3. Then take the ramp to Old North Way and Becraft Hall will be on the right. Please contact meditationcenter@georgetown.edu with any accessibility requests or questions.
Accessible route maps of the Hilltop Campus are available on Georgetown’s website: Barrier-Free Routes