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At The Armenian Church of St Gregory the Illuminator
60, Hill Street
Singapore 179366
From 8.00pm to 9.30pm
An evening of prayer
An evening of prayer was held at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, on Friday 29 January 2010.
The evening was part of the “pilgrimage of trust on earth”, international gatherings of young and not so young people organized by the Brothers of Taizé on every continent since the 1970s. Brother Alois, on his way to a pilgrimage of trust meeting in Manila, took part in the prayer at the cathedral. During the evening, he addressed the gathering.
A group of some 25 Singaporeans are taking part in the meeting in Manila that lasts from 3 to 7 February 2010. This meeting is a new stage in the pilgrimage of trust, begun by Taizé’s founder, the late Brother Roger. It is the fifth meeting of its kind in Asia, following meetings organized by Taizé in Chennai (Madras), India, in 1985 and 1988, Manila, Philippines in 1991, and Kolkata, India in 2006. The pilgrimage has as a general theme “inner life and human solidarity”.
After the prayer at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
At the Armenian Church
It was young people preparing to take part in the 1985 Taizé meeting in Madras who began to pray together on a regular basis at the Armenian Church, Singapore. That prayer has continued ever since and more recently young adults have started meeting in other parishes as well.
Letter from China
“Beyond the broad cultural differences that can create barriers between the continents, all human beings form one family … Whatever our culture, our age or our history, we share a longing, a thirst for life in fullness. The Bible often returns to that thirst. It sees it as a mark engraved by God in us to draw us towards him. Will we allow that thirst to hollow us out, without wanting to satisfy it too quickly? It can become a love burning within us for the One who is always beyond what we can grasp of Him …. ” Letter from China