Taize Services
Upcoming Events
Oct
18
Thursday, October 18, 2018
7pm Feast of Saint Luke
Holy Rood Chapel
Oct
13
Dec
Thursday, December 13, 2018
7pm Advent Meditation
Holy Rood Chapel
Dec
Jan
24
Thursday, January 24, 2019
7pm Epiphany Meditation
Holy Rood Chapel
Oct
Mar
21
Thursday, March 21, 2019
7pm Lenten Meditation
Holy Rood Chapel
About Taize
The Taizé community is an ecumenical monastic order with a strong devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation. The 100-strong community of Roman Catholic and Protestant monks is drawn from 30 countries across the world.
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It was founded in 1940 by Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche (known as 'Brother Roger'). The 90-year-old monk died in August 2005 after being stabbed during a prayer service.
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Today Taizé is one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage. Each year tens of thousands of young pilgrims flock to the small village of Taizé in central France to share in the community's way of life.
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Prayer and silence are at the heart of the Taizé experience. Young people from every corner of the globe are encouraged to live out the Christian gospel in a spirit of joy, simplicity and reconciliation.
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Ecumenism (a movement promoting Christian unity among Churches) is the key to Taizé's appeal, making it a magnet for people of many different cultures and traditions.