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The Taizé brothers living in Nairobi have just spent a month in Kigali to begin preparing for the November meeting. They met with the heads of the various churches present in Rwanda, contacted the authorities and services implicated in the practical arrangements and made visits to see young people throughout the country. Here are a few excerpts from ones of the brothers' diary: 15th February. We land in Kigali to stay for a month. This is the first phase of preparation on the ground for the (...)
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All are welcome to come and experience the beauty of prayer with Taizé songs during the pilgrimage of trust in Chicago. Friday, May 25th, 8:00 pm Saturday, May 26th, 9:00 am, 12:30 pm and 8:00 pm Sunday, May 27th, 8:00 pm Monday, May 28th, 9:00 am and 11:30 am. Sullivan Athletic Center, 2323 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago
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From 28 April to 1 May 2012, an international meeting for young adults was held in the Slovenian capital. This new stage of the pilgrimage of trust on earth enabled young people from numerous countries to experience Slovenian hospitality and to deepen their faith. On the banks of the Ljubljanica, the first real days of spring gave a fine impression of serenity to the pedestrian city centre. As in a mosaic, each of the participants, volunteers, and Christians of the city contributed their (...)
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This April, the brothers of Taizé living in Kenya have led three international retreats, one in Mombasa and two in Nairobi. A hundred and sixty young people aged 18 to 30 from six East African countries attended. "Let's meet up in Kigali at the November meeting" on leaving the young people expressed their desire to continue the friendships made during the days punctuated by common prayer, reflection and sharing. African youth have the ability to create a festive atmosphere with very little: (...)
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This April, the brothers of Taizé living in Kenya have led three international retreats, one in Mombasa and two in Nairobi. A hundred and sixty young people aged 18 to 30 from six East African countries attended. "Let's meet up in Kigali at the November meeting" on leaving the young people expressed their desire to continue the friendships made during the days punctuated by common prayer, reflection and sharing. African youth have the ability to create a festive atmosphere with very little: (...)
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Brothers from Taizé have been living in Bangladesh for many years. They have started small schools for children of very poor Muslim, Hindu and Christian families. Mymensingh is a town with thousands of students. Many come in from the villages or small towns in the area and often they are from poor families, perhaps even the first generation who can read and write. Many of them need financial help to continue their studies. This is why the Brothers of Taizé already 25 years ago, started a (...)
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Brothers from Taizé have been living in Bangladesh for many years. They have started small schools for children of very poor Muslim, Hindu and Christian families. Mymensingh is a town with thousands of students. Many come in from the villages or small towns in the area and often they are from poor families, perhaps even the first generation who can read and write. Many of them need financial help to continue their studies. This is why the Brothers of Taizé already 25 years ago, started a (...)
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Pilgrimage of Trust in Chicago - 2 min 41 sec from Taize on Vimeo.
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The Letter from Taizé is published quarterly. On this page, we are presenting some texts on the theme of the last issue, Solidarity with All Creation. Each of the texts are a commentary on an excerpt from the Letter 2012: Towards a New Solidarity. Aware of the perils and the suffering that weigh upon humanity and the planet, we do not want to give in to fear and resignation. And yet a fine human hope is constantly threatened by disenchantment. Economic difficulties which are increasingly (...)
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Saturday 7 April 2012 Tomorrow morning we will be celebrating the Resurrection of Christ. At the end of the Eucharist, and throughout the day, we can exchange the Easter greeting “Christ is risen!” and the reply “He is risen indeed.” This feast is at the heart of our faith. Brother Roger used to say: “If Christ were not risen, we would not be here.” Yes, it is Jesus Christ who brings us together: the brothers of the Community, and you who are sharing for a few days our life here on the hill. (...)
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At the request of the Community and in order to help school students prepare for their week at Taizé, Archbishop Rowan Williams thinks back to his first visit when he was a teenager. He remembers how easy it was to make friends, the silence during the community prayer ... and the adventure of putting up a tent. Over 40 years later, young people visiting Taizé today find their attention drawn to exactly the same things. Downloads for preparation meetings: Notes for teachers and leaders (doc (...)
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A 15 minute film prepared during the pilgrimage to Moscow gives us a taste of the unique atmosphere of Holy Week and Easter in the Russian Orthodox Church. Pilgrims share their experiences of this very special event. Sub-titles in English : Sub-titles in Russian:
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Two of the brothers were in Cambodia in March 2012. One of them shares here some impressions of their stay. Tahen is a village near Battambang in the North West of Cambodia. Last year, a young man from Tahen spent three months in Taizé. During our journey in Cambodia we wanted to visit him and the other young people in the village, and to join together in an evening prayer. When we arrived, we realised very quickly that this was a very special day for the people of Tahen. Everything was (...)
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Here you can access the download area for recordings and printable copies of Taizé music (instrumental and vocal scores) hosted by eXultet-solutions for the Ateliers et Presses de Taizé. The download area is fully functional, although some improvements will be made to it later. >>> Click here to continue.
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8.15 Morning prayer 12.20 Mid day prayer 20.30 Evening prayer Thursday evening 5 April 20.30 Celebration of the Eucharist (with the feet washing) Friday evening 6 April 20.30 Evening prayer followed by prayer around the Cross Saturday evening 7 April 20.30 Evening prayer and the life commitment of one of the brothers of the community Sunday 8 April : Easter 10.00 Celebration of the Easter Eucharist 20.30 Evening prayer Monday 9 Apri 8.15 Morning (...)
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From April 25 until May 15, two of the brothers of the community will be visiting the Philippines. The dioceses of Bacolod, Davao, Iligan, Legazpi, San Jose de Antique as well youth organizations such as SCAP, Knights of Columbus, Filipino Chinese Youth, Chiro Pilipinas and local parishes have invited the brothers to facilitate workshops, recollections, retreats and prayers. For information on their journey, contact community taize.fr. In Manila there is a prayer open to everyone on (...)
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Africa hope Nicolas Noudjiadji, a young man from Chad, shares his experience and his reflection on the need to create again and again new links between the continents, whereas the different societies and the international situation do not stop evolving and the temptation to fall back can spring up again on different sides. The baptised share the awareness of a fraternity that transcends all the frontiers and particularities. This confers on them a capacity but also a responsibility to (...)
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A small group of brothers has just spent four weeks in Rwanda. One of them, who lives in Kenya, writes: “The rainy season is generous in Rwanda. In the fertile soil, at the foot of the volcanoes to the North, there are regularly three harvests of red beans and four of potatoes! We hope that the hospitality at the meeting will be as generous as nature! Welcoming and taking care of the 6000 participants expected to come from outside for the next stage of the pilgrimage of trust, in Kigali, (...)
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The first known act of the young German Franz Stock in favor of peace was his participation in 1926 in the meeting of Bierville, south of Paris, where ten thousand young people from all over Europe came together for peace. At Easter 1928, as a young seminarian, he moved to Paris to continue his studies. As his friend Joseph Folliet later wrote, “To welcome a German student at the theological faculty of Paris was something inconceivable for the mentality of 1928.” Ordained in 1932, he was (...)
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A brother of the community wrote the following reflection on the vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin regarding the importance of not separating faith from a concern for this world. A child holds a piece of wood tightly in his hand. But a thought takes hold of him: the wood will eventually rot. Now he has grabbed a rock, but he knows that the stone, too, is doomed to crumble. Here is an iron object. Finally, he believes he has something that will resist decomposition. As a child, Pierre (...)
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You can download and print this poster about the Chicago gathering, with the times of the prayer services open to all.
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Prayer house in Nurste At the beginnings of the 1990s, young Estonians came in thousands to the European meetings and to Taizé. At the time of independence, there was a great interest for faith. The situation has changed since then, but it is as if people are once again starting to realise that "although communication is becoming easier and easier, our human societies remain compartmentalized and fragmented," as it says in the Letter 2012 and there is a need to seek again how to build paths (...)
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When will the event be held? The event will begin with evening prayer on Friday, May 25th and end with prayer around noon on May 28th, 2012. Where will the event be held? This is a Taizé event that is being hosted by DePaul University in Chicago. Community prayer, small group sharing, Bible studies and some workshops will be held on the DePaul University Lincoln Park campus. Other workshops and housing will be off campus and possibly held elsewhere throughout Chicagoland. Who can (...)
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At the beginning of March, following a visit to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, with brothers and young people, and before going on to Rome, Brother Alois, accompanied by two other brothers, made a stop in Cologne. Brothers had already prayed in Saint Agnes Church during the 2005 WYD and during the 2006 “Kirchentag” (meeting of the German Protestant Churches). Each year many young adults from Cologne and the region come to Taizé and to the European meeting. Thus the visit was a (...)
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The Wednesday of Holy Week 2012 coincided with the day of the Ching Ming Festival, a feast that is much celebrated in Hong Kong. On this day the Chinese remember their ancestors and find a very concrete way of showing them their gratitude and their affection. They go to the columbarium and one by one the members of the family take a cloth to wipe the photo on the front of the urn so that the parents and grand parents appear “clear and bright”. So this is a holiday but also a day that invites (...)
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One of the brothers describes a recent visit he made in Latvia. There doesn't seem to be much good news coming out of Latvia at the moment. When the country appears in the news, the talk is always of economic problems or political turmoil. But is that the whole picture? Don't we sometimes fall prey to pessimism? What are the signs of "New Solidarity" that exist already? With temperatures around -30C, I travelled to the eastern province of Latgale. A group of young people together with their (...)
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One of the brothers writes: Though December and January are the coldest months of the year in Bangladesh, we recently celebrated for the 4th time, in the midst of the “Bangladeshi winter”, a festival for street children in Dhaka, the capital city. Dhaka is a huge city, with at least 15 million inhabitants. The first year, the festival was celebrated in the biggest Buddhist temple of Dhaka; the second year it took place on a boat, on one of the many great rivers of Bangladesh. The third year (...)
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At the invitation of Lutheran, Orthodox and Catholic Church communities, in cooperation with Finnish Church council, and other churches. The meeting will bring together brothers from Taizé and thousands of young adults from Finland, Scandinavia, and the Baltic countries and north western Russia. To pray and to sing, to share and to get to know each other. One of the stages of "the pilgrimage of trust" in 2012. Friday September 28 2012 10 am Helsinki Cathedral Crypt: Registration for (...)
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The brothers of the Taizé Community live entirely by their work. They do not accept any donations. Similarly, if a brother inherits something from his family, the community makes a gift of it for the very poor. The community brings support to people in difficulty on the different continents, especially to children who are destitute or sick… In addition, it helps certain young people coming either to Taizé or to the European, Latino-American, African or Asian meetings: many of them cannot (...)
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Together with the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I Brother Alois, together with some brothers and about 100 young adults from different countries, will come to Istanbul from 3-6 January, 2013, to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany and pray with Christians of the city. The first contacts between the Taizé Community and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople go back to the 1960s. In February 1962, Brother Roger and another brother visited Patriarch Athenagoras in Istanbul. He met (...)
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Click to download information on welcoming participants in the Chicago meeting into your home.
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Click the image to download the poster in pdf format.
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During Eastertide, in the spirit of the way "Towards a New Solidarity" introduced by Brother Alois' letter for 2012, one idea is for groups of young people to organise a night vigil of prayer and simple sharing together. The suggested order of service for the prayer below can be adapted according to the situation. Begin the meeting with half an hour of small group sharing using the commentary and questions on the following page as a starting point: Bible texts with commentary End the (...)
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What are icons? What do they mean? Don't they contradict the Bible's prohibition of images? Can icons help me to pray? This booklet suggests answers to these questions, using as specific examples the icons in the Church of Reconciliation at Taizé.
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The Letter from Taizé is published quarterly. On this page, we are presenting some texts on the theme of the last issue, Leaping Over Walls of Separation. Each of the texts are a commentary on an excerpt from the Letter 2012: Towards a New Solidarity. Katharina (Germany) Born in 1964, three years after the Wall was built, I grew up with the Wall. It was something normal for me. When I visited my grandma on the metro, I traveled a long way through the border area. Walls on both sides. On (...)
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TO REGISTER: click here Deadline for registration is April 30th.
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One of the brothers spent the major part of November in Japan. Besides the visits he made to the disaster areas caused by the earthquake and the three tsunamis, a series of short retreats and prayers were held in the churches of different denominations, Anglican, Lutheran and Catholic, in Tokyo, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Ube et Shimonoseki. Last summer, groups of students from Sophia University, Tokyo, and Hiroshima spent some days at Taizé; and a group from Kwansei Gakuin University spent (...)
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On this page will be listed upcoming prayers with the Taizé brothers in Chicago, as part of the preparation for the May Pilgrimage of Trust. Sunday April 22nd, 5 pm: Saint Gregory the Great Church, 5545 N Paulina St., Chicago. Friday April 27th, 7:30 pm: Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago. Sunday April 29th, 8pm University of Chicago, Swift Quad (1025 East 58th Street map) (...)
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Carolyne, a student at DePaul University answers:
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Beginning on Thursday February 23rd, the Taizé brothers will hold prayer each day, from Monday to Saturday at 12.30 pm, at St. Louise de Marillac Chapel, DePaul University Student Center, 2250 N Sheffield, First Floor. All are welcome. Chapel in the Student Center at DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
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REGISTRATION: An online registration form should be operational on or about February 9th. We will place the link here.
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In 2013, School Weeks are planned for the following three weeks: 30 June - 7 July 7 - 14 July 14 - 21 July Enquiries In preparation, some young volunteers from Taizé will be in Britain in November 2012. They will be available to visit interested schools and meet with students (Year 10 and upwards).
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Many young people come to Taizé every year, but how can they be encouraged to pray and work with others in the places where they live? The notion of a pilgrimage of trust wants to address this concern by proposing to each person to set out... as St. Augustine encourages us: "Walk forward on your way, because it exists only by your walking. " First of all a meeting During the stages of the pilgrimage of trust, whether big or small and international or local, the participants and their hosts (...)
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This page will be regularly updated with news of life on the hill of Taizé. May: The international meetings continue all through the spring Since Easter, the meetings in Taizé continue , bringing together each week between 1000 and 1500 young people, mostly from Germany, France, Netherlands and Sweden. At the beginning of May, a group came from Moscow. They were accompanied by an Orthodox priest who, at the end of one of the prayers, blessed two new icons: the hospitality of Abraham (...)
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Chicago, Pilgrimage of Trust, May 25-28, 2012. A more detailed program will be published in early May. Friday, May 25th 2012 Participants are requested to arrive between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm at DePaul University (Lincoln Park). An exact location will be specified later. Registration will continue between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm, but if you arrive after 5:00 pm you will receive accommodation only after the evening prayer. Please note : Supper is not provided on Friday evening. 6:00 to 7:00 (...)
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Press release, Taizé, 16 January 2012 The ecumenical community of Taizé, founded by Brother Roger in central France in 1940, is organizing a gathering for young adults aged between 18 and 35 that will take place in Chicago from 25 to 28 May 2012 (Memorial Day Weekend). The gathering is part of Taize's "Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth" which began more than thirty years ago. The aim of the pilgrimage is to foster trust and reconciliation in today's world. A recent European stage that ended on 1st (...)
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One of the brothers writes: "The mid day meal today was festive, although the menu was simple. There were at least 150 of us who sat down together! Thankfully our house is surrounded by a large garden, close to the Bramaputra River which flows through the town. Among our guests, we had over 50 children and young people with a mental disablement whom we know well, accompanied by young volunteers who share their daily life. Most of these children and young disabled people were abandoned at (...)
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At the invitation of the Episcopal Conference of Slovenia an international youth meeting will be held in Ljubljana between 28th April and 1st May 2012. The meeting is part of “the pilgrimage of trust on earth”, begun by the Taizé Community's founder the late Brother Roger. Why take part in the Ljubljana meeting? Journey, arrival and departure dates Detailed Programme Age Helping as a volunteer Accommodation Covering Costs Registration Further information (...)
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Berlin: Messages received for the meeting
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At the end of the prayer of December 30, Brother Alois announced to the 30,000 young pilgrims gathered in Berlin the next steps in the "pilgrimage of trust on earth." Geneva With an international group of young adults, Brother Alois will go to Geneva Friday, March 2, 2012 to visit the World Council of Churches. Kigali The third international meeting of young people in Africa will take place in Rwanda, in the city of Kigali, November 14-18, 2012. This meeting will be an opportunity for (...)
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Between 7 and 18 December 2011, 120 young adults: Catholics, Lutherans and Presbyterians from five countries of East Africa took part in two meetings led by Brothers of Taizé at Mji wa furaha – Nairobi. During the period before Christmas public transport is saturated. This however did not discourage the participants from setting out to get to Nairobi. The three young people from Bukoba, on the west coast of Lake Victoria, had to spend a night in order to cross the biggest lake in Africa and (...)
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Mji wa furaha 2012 Together we want to go to the wellsprings of faith through prayer, bible sharing, common life, personal reflection and silence… We will ask: how can we make our life a “pilgrimage of trust”, searching for communion with God and contributing to reconciliation in our communities. Monthly recollection program Starting the last Friday of the month: 6.00pm welcome, 7.00pm supper, song practise, 8.30pm evening prayer with the prayer around the cross. Night in Mji dormitories. (...)
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Brother Alois 2012: Towards a New Solidarity
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The news of his death affects us in Taizé. I met him a few months after his election as President of what was then still Czechoslovakia. He told us of his emotion upon learning in 1990 that 80,000 young Christians would meet in Prague for the European meeting that we were organizing as a step in our pilgrimage of trust. In a message to participants at the meeting, he wrote: "Our time of great upheaval is leading us to a complete change in our lives. It is at this point that the ‘pilgrimage of (...)
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30,000 young adults will gather in Berlin from 28 December to 1 January for the 34th stage of the "pilgrimage of trust" led by the Taizé Community. Welcomed by the churches and the people of Berlin, young people from all over Europe and other continents will also seek an impetus towards a new solidarity. Prayer together as well as reflection and discussion on various spiritual, social, artistic, political and economic topics will mark this meeting, held for the first time in the German (...)
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Several messages of support for the community and the participants have already been received in Taizé and we are still waiting for others. The messages in their entirety will be published on December 30. here are already some excerpts. From Pope Benedict XVI: While you are meeting in Berlin with thousands of young people across Europe as well as from other continents, to search with the brothers of the Taizé Community for ways of deepening the wellsprings of trust, His Holiness Pope (...)
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To give news of the meeting to those who cannot come to Berlin, this page provides a short review of each day's activities during the meeting, with articles by young people who have come to Berlin from throughout Europe. 07/01 The Berlin meeting is over... and now everything begins! Almost a week after the meeting, the young participants are back in their countries. the "Messegelände" is no longer decorated for worship; daily life in the parishes and families has begun again. Enriched (...)
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During the meeting, the meditations given by Brother Alois at the end of each evening prayer are published on this page. Wednesday, December 28, 2011 (In German) Let me begin by saying a few words to the Germans and the German-speakers. I would have preferred to say what I have to say in German, since it is my own language. But so that the majority can understand and so that their ears are not tired out by always hearing the same voice, it is better that I speak English and a brother (...)
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A brother of Taizé recently spent a fortnight in the Holy Land and Lebanon (from November 21st to December 6th). Here is an account of his journey. Jaffa Arrival in the middle of the night and a few hours' sleep in a welcoming Franciscan community at Jaffa, a few yards from where the apostle Peter had his vision (see Acts 10:9-16) whilst he was lodging with Simon the tanner. It was there that the Church began to grasp its call to universality. It's not difficult to imagine Peter on one of (...)
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Excerpts of the Letter for 2012: Towards a New Solidarity Each year Brother Alois writes a letter for the European meeting that brings together tens of thousands of young adults in a large city on the continent between Christmas and New Year's Day. This yearly letter is then taken up and meditated throughout the year during the meetings held both in Taizé, week after week, and elsewhere, in Europe or on other continents. The letter for 2012 is entitled "Towards a New Solidarity." In the (...)
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Two brothers, accompanied by two young Kenyans, spent the 8th to 20th of last November in Rwanda for a new stage towards the pilgrimage of trust on earth to be held in Kigali from November 14th to 18th 2012. Way of the Cross This visit consisted firstly of some time spent in visiting parish officials and youth chaplains to introduce them to the preparations for next year's meeting and to fix some dates with some of the young people likely to take part. At the same time, it was necessary to (...)
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Taizé has launched an appeal for essential medical equipment and medication for North Korea. Participants in the Berlin meeting are invited to bring what they can and give them in at the welcome place on arrival. The Community will take charge of sending everything to North Korea and distribution to hospitals and rural dispensaries. For more information, see en_article12938.html
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Video: Chicago Meeting
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During the meeting
Preparations for the meeting
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The European Meeting of young adults, organized every year by the Taizé Community, is to be held for the first time in Berlin, from 28th December 2011 to 1st January 2012. About 30 000 young people from the whole of Europe and from other continents will be gathering for this new step of the “Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth”. After Brussels, Poznań and Rotterdam, this 34th European Meeting is a response to an invitation by the Catholic and Protestant churches and the Mayor of Berlin. For five (...)
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“We are a nation in its infancy, we have only been in existence for three months and three days. But today we are first class citizens. What is our role in the construction of a new Sudan? Can love find its place in politics and development?” Bishop Santo, auxiliary of Juba, introduced straightaway all the stakes for the symposium “A church of each tribe, language and people” which was held in the capital of South Sudan last October, from the 13th to the 16th. One of the Taizé brothers who (...)
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Since Sunday, November 27, the first Sunday of Advent, there has been a life-size manger scene in Taizé, in front of the Church of Reconciliation. This scene, lit at night, is growing throughout the time before the celebration of Christmas. Until Christmas, every Sunday some live animals are present. The Light of Bethlehem "The Light of Bethlehem" is an operation launched in 1986, in Austria, and which is repeated every year during Advent. A few days before Christmas, a child lights a (...)
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Here are some of the questions we often get asked concerning the meetings in Taizé. The answers we give may be helpful for you in planning your stay. Don't forget to read well the information pages in this section which give many more details. And don't hesitate to contact the Meetings Team by email with any other questions. Can we come spontaneously to Taizé or must we register beforehand? We are always happy to welcome young people aged between 18 and 30, who are ready to take part in the (...)
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“Joy of Heart – Fullness of Life” 14-16 October a meeting which was part of the pilgrimage of trust on earth took place in Cracow. This meeting was meant first of all for people who run the preparation points for the European Meeting in Berlin so that, through prayer together and reflection, they could get ready for the tasks ahead of them. On the Friday, one of the Taizé brothers visiting Cracow met with these young people straight after they had been welcomed at the parish of St John Cantius (...)
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In these video clips, young people in Berlin speak about their expectations of the European Meeting. A shortened 3 minute version is also available (link below). The film is being used widely by churches and schools in Berlin during the run up to the European Meeting. 3 Minute clip 16 Minute clip
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Springtime for the soul in Chile. At the beginning of October, two of the brothers set out from Taizé to spend a month in Chile. Their goal was to bring a breath of fresh air to the pilgrimage of trust that we lived in December 2010. « El Alma que anda en amor, ni cansa ni se cansa » « The soul filled by love never tires others nor grows tired » When they arrived, the Chile they discovered was going through the trials of difficult political and social situations, marked above all by the (...)
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A brother was invited to take part in the World Christian Forum which took place at Manado in Indonesia from October 4th to 7th, after that held at Limuru in Kenya in 2007. "There were about 300 participants from 65 countries, coming from the main streams of the Christian faith. One half of them belonged to the historical Churches and the other half to the charismatic, evangelical, and Pentecostal Churches. The theme was: "Living together in Jesus Christ, strengthened by the Holy Spirit." (...)
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Monday 31st October 8.15 Morning prayer 12.20 Mid day prayer 20.30 Pre-festive Eucharist, followed by a meeting with Brother Alois Tuesday 1st November 8.15 Morning prayer 12.20 Mid day prayer 20.30 Evening prayer
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The Letter from Taizé is published quarterly. On this page, we are presenting some texts on the theme of the last issue, Desire for Forgiveness. Each of the texts are a commentary on an excerpt from the Letter from Chile. Every human being needs forgiveness just as much as daily bread. God gives it always, unconditionally, “the One who forgives all your sins.” Opening our hands in prayer is a simple gesture that can express our desire to welcome it. Joseph (Vietnam) During my time living (...)
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Two young volunteers from Taizé recently returned from a visit to several parishes in Sweden. Here is an account of their journey. Two days ago we came back to Taizé after spending almost two weeks in Sweden. It was a new, important and beautiful experience for both of us. The reason for our journey to the far north of Europe was a small meeting organized in a village called Jönåker, about two hours from Stockholm. After visiting Taizé this summer, the young people of the Kiladalen parish asked (...)
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Brother John is American and was born in Philadelphia. Brother Emile is Canadian (with a Chicago-born grandmother!). Both brothers have been part of the Taizé Community for over 35 years. Why was Chicago chosen to be the venue for the next Pilgrimage of Trust in May 2012? Br. Emile: Relations with Chicago go way back to the mid 1960's when a group of Taizé brothers and a few Franciscan friars lived together on the South Side of the city. This old friendship has been reactivated in the last (...)
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Hello! I'm Inga, I'm 21 years old and I am studying Protestant Theology. This year I will be studying in Berlin and I have just moved to the city. Over the last years I have been in Taizé a number of times and this summer I stayed there for several weeks. I am very happy to be able to help with the preparations for the 34th European Meeting at the end of this year in Berlin. This blog will hopefully be a good possibility to share with you what is going on in the preparation centre, in the (...)
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Responding to invitations from Lutheran, Orthodox and Catholic Church communities, two of the brothers were in Finland during the second half of September 2011. With 73.9 % of Finland covered by forest, it is not hard to imagine that the people also have a saying similar to the one in English: “You can't see the wood for the trees.” In Finnish it goes “Ei näe metsää puilta” and means being able to see only the parts and not the whole. This was certainly true when two of the brothers travelled (...)
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Since 1998, Taizé sent humanitarian aid to North Korea several times when the country was severely afflicted by food shortages. This year 2011, three times, Taizé sent 260 tons of wheat flour and 120 tons of pasta through Operation Hope. These items were distributed among the very poor in the region of Siniju, Ryongchon, Yomju and Gesong. At the beginning of next year we would like to send a shipment of essential medical supplies and drugs. Could those who go to the European meeting in (...)
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One of the brothers of the community was in Ireland in September-October 2011. He shares some of his impressions. Over the space of ten days my trip to Ireland took me to four corners of the island, beginning in Dublin, then with stops west, in Ennis, south, in Cork and New Ross and finally north, in and around Belfast. Each evening a meeting and prayer brought together people from the surrounding area. In a number of these places, prayers with Taizé songs are held on a regular basis. The (...)
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Regular prayers with songs from Taizé take place in Istanbul on the second Tuesday of each month (from September to June). The prayers take place at 20:00 – 21:00, at Santa Maria Draperis Church, İstiklal Caddesi 215, Beyoğlu – Istanbul.
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In June 2012, four UK university chaplains, Rev. Ruth Maxey, Free Church chaplain at Keele University Rev. Andrew Goodman, Anglican chaplain at Bedfordshire University Ginny Jordan, Assistant Catholic Chaplain, Roehampton University Fr. Rocco Viviano, Chaplain for Liturgy, Ecumenism and Interfaith, Heythrop College, University of London are organising trips to Taizé for university students from across the country: Week 1: 17 - 24 June Week 2: 24 June - 1 July See (...)
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As each year for the last five years, a week-long meeting, punctuated with times of prayer and sharing, has been held at Tiemcen, a little town in Algeria. These meetings are the result of a long friendship between the Taizé Community and the Church in Algeria, dating from the 1950s when several brothers stayed there, sharing the life of people living in shanty towns. When the country became independent, and with the growing demands of the welcome at Taizé, the brothers returned to France. (...)
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Many people in Berlin are delighted to be welcoming the European meeting at the end of the year. Here are some messages in which they express their invitation, their joy in welcoming, their expectations and their hopes for this meeting. When people meet together, they contemplate the face of God. We forget this too often. I shall be happy with the common prayers and the times of sharing, and I hope that we can share joy with each other in spite of these difficult times. May the dynamism of (...)
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This reading of the Epistle to the Colossians starts by exploring the circumstances in which it may have been written before introducing us to the central theme of St Paul's letter from prison, that of Christian maturity. The apostle sets out to confront everything that could cause his readers to doubt the fullness given to us in Christ. The Colossians, he explains, will be rooted and built up in Christ by living in a spirit of gratitude for the gift they have received. As they do so, they (...)
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Thursday 25 August 2011 Last week we remembered Brother Roger's death, just six years ago. It was almost the same day that, sixty-five years earlier, in August 1940, Brother Roger had come here to Taizé for the first time. He was 25 years old, the same age as many of you. Why did he come to settle in this village? World War II had begun. He wanted his spiritual quest to be lived out in the midst of a difficult human situation, in the midst of the greatest suffering of the time. And he began (...)
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Prayers with songs from Taizé exist in many places in South Africa. The prayers appearing on this page are regular prayers known to the brothers and in touch with the reality of the local Church in their area. The "pilgrimage of trust on earth" is not a movement in the formal sense of the word at all. So no one has a list of "members". It is often possible, however, to put people in touch with others in their locality. email Bergvliet Cape Town Bergvliet Methodist Church Prayer with (...)
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Two Taizé brothers spent time in South Africa from 22 September to 6 October. One of them writes about their visit. Cape Town Cape Town from Robben Island The “Centre for Christian Spirituality”, located in Cape Town, invited two Taizé brothers as guests for their 25th anniversary. The Centre was created by the former archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Prize laureate, Desmond Tutu. Famous throughout the world for his commitment and key role in the fight against apartheid, Desmond Tutu, who is (...)
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From 3 to 14 August 2011, 160 young adults from Kenya, different countries of East Africa and the Great Lakes region took part in two international retreats led by the Taizé brothers in Nairobi. Small sharing group “Another time, you should invite some of our leaders! If they also could experience this simplicity of life that does not prevent joy or peace, and if many other people could discover this too, that would be of great help to our country!”, one of the young people confided (...)
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Tuesday 16 August 2011 The evening of August 16th, Brother Alois remembered Brother Roger with this prayer: We praise you, God of love, for our brother Roger. Even though poor and vulnerable, he radiated peace of heart. He gave confidence to countless persons, both young and not-so-young. We would like to listen to his energetic call to simplicity of life, and learn from his passion for that mystery of communion which is the Church. And may your love renew the face of the earth! After (...)
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Thursday 11 August 2011 You have all come as pilgrims to Taizé. Several groups of you will continue your pilgrimage to Madrid, where World Youth Day is being held. With some brothers I will also go there next week. Some of you have come from far away. The most difficult trip was made by a group from Sweden. Their bus caught fire on the way. Fortunately the driver realized the danger. He was able to stop the bus alongside the highway and get everyone out. It was 1am. The bus was completely (...)
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A Taizé gathering that is part of the "Pilgrimage of Trust across the earth" will take place in Chicago from 25 to 28 May 2012 (Memorial Day Weekend). We hope it will be the first of several gatherings in different regions of North America. The venue will be DePaul University in Chicago. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 from all over the United States and Canada will take part. Starting next February, three Taizé brothers will be living in Chicago and be coordinating (...)
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Thursday 4 August 2011 Three times a day we meet here in the church to turn together towards God. Common prayer is at the heart of our community life, and it is important to us brothers to share it with all of you. Even if God will always be beyond anything we can imagine, we can still turn towards him. To talk to him or just to remain in his presence. In the depths of the soul of each one of us, there is a prayer which we can formulate more or less well, but which God understands. God, (...)
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Thursday 28 July 2011 These summer weeks there are so many of us, from so many countries and from different continents. The joy of being together makes us aware that a solidarity among all humans exists, and that it is possible to take responsibility for each other. Last week a young Palestinian said, “There are so many of us here and we are so different from each other, and yet we are one family.” Yes, Christ unites us in one communion. It's like a little Pentecost. It is the joy of the (...)
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With the thousands of young adults gathered these days in Taizé, the brothers of the community have been praying in solidarity with the victims of the tragedy that has just struck Norway. Pastor Martin Junge, secretary general of the World Lutheran Federation, who is visiting Taizé this weekend, has been particularly associated with this prayer since the majority of Christians in Norway are Lutheran. Brother Alois has sent the following message to Church leaders and to friends in Norway (...)
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Thursday 21 July 2011 Each week of the summer, young Orthodox Christians are among us. We are grateful for their presence. Western Christians need to be more open to the treasures of the Eastern Churches. Last Tuesday, Orthodox Christians celebrated an important holiday—the feast of St. Elijah. That great prophet lived eight centuries before Christ. Several stories of Elijah have come down to us in the Bible. One of them speaks to us in a special way. At a time when his life was in (...)
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Nairobi, the “city under the sun”, is the metropolis of East Africa. It is an administrative, commercial and industrial centre, and a hub for road and air communications. The Kenyan capital hosts two United Nations agencies headquarters (Habitat and Environment) and a large number of international organisations, among them the All Africa Conference of Churches. After the 2008 stage of the Pilgrimage of Trust that took place in Nairobi, the Taizé Community was invited to follow up the work (...)
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Thursday 14 July 2011 Every Thursday we meet after the evening prayer. It is a time to rejoice at being together on this hill of Taizé: being together to go to the wellsprings of faith. And we want to show that putting our trust in God is not an empty word, but that we commit ourselves resolutely to set out on this small way. I would like to greet you all personally, but there are too many of us. So in a few minutes the children will name all the countries represented and distribute (...)
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