The Pilgrimage of Trust in Kigali, to be held from November 14 to 18, 2012, will be an international meeting for young people, a step along the “pilgrimage of trust on earth”, begun by the Taizé Community’s founder the late Brother Roger. Prayer during the pilgrimage of trust in Nairobi (2008) The most recent stages of the pilgrimage were held in Asia (Manila, 2010), South America (Santiago del (...)
After the 2008 international youth meeting in Nairobi, Church leaders and youth chaplains have invited the Taizé brothers to prepare another stage of the "pilgrimage of trust on earth" in Kigali. This meeting will be an occasion for young people from the Great Lakes Region, East Africa and other countries to live an experience of communion, sharing, reflection, Christian life in an international and multicultural atmosphere and to bear witness of their commitment for Christ and the Church, and of their capacity to take concrete steps to (...)
Some of the young people who took part in the "Pilgrimage of Trust" answer two questions at the end of the meeting. What was the strongest experience you had during the meeting? Rachel (Kenya)Meeting people from different cultures and visiting places of hope. Voahirana (Madagascar)Praying to God together, even if our languages, our cultures and our churches are different from one another. (...)
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Brother Alois in Goma On Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 November, Brother Alois and two other brothers from Taizé made a visit to North Kivu, to the city of Goma, where recent events have caused an influx of tens of thousands of displaced families seeking refuge in the parishes. Meeting in Kigali Just before that, working with the Churches of Rwanda, the Taizé Community had organised a youth meeting in Kigali, from 14 to 18 November 2012. After Johannesburg in 1995 and Nairobi in 2008 this meeting was a new African step in the pilgrimage of (...)
