http://www.taize.fr/ The ecumenical community of Taizé and the international youth meetings - Latest updates en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:26:47 +0100 http://www.taize.fr/IMG/gif/taizebannersmall.gif http://www.taize.fr/ 20 100 http://www.taize.fr/en_article9755.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9755.html 2010-02-08T10:55:00Z text/html en Taizé Catherine is a medical student from England. At present, she is in Manila doing an internship with the World Health Organisation's child survival department. Each day of the Manila meeting, she sends news of the day's happenings. Sunday, 7 February Today this step on our pilgrimage comes to an end and we lift our feet for the next step, nourished by all we have shared. We do not leave with answers. We heard this week of an 80-year-old Protestant pastor whom the brothers met in China. He had (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article9756.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9756.html 2010-02-06T11:02:00Z text/html en Taizé Each day, Brother Alois gives a meditation during one of the prayers. The texts of these meditations are published on this page. A thirst for life in fullness Wednesday evening, 3 February It is a great joy to be together for this Pilgrimage of Trust. It is God who unites us. It is he who wants to touch our hearts. For the fifth time we are holding a young adult Asian meeting: three times in India, and once already here in the Philippines. And now again young people from various Asian (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article9775.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9775.html 2010-02-05T23:46:00Z text/html en Taizé Prayers in Don Bosco Technical Institute in Makati : webcast, slide show and photos. Click here http://www.taize.fr/en_article7052.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article7052.html 2010-02-05T18:46:00Z text/html en Taizé Taizé in January Like every year, following the European meeting in Poznań, the rhythm of the meetings in Taizé was slower than usual. For the brothers, this is above all the time for the yearly council of the community: five days of prayer, sharing and reflection. During the final prayer of the council, Brother Alois asked for the reading of the message received from Richard, a young person in Haiti who was a volunteer in Taizé in 2006. Taking advantage of this calm period, the volunteers (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article9797.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9797.html 2010-02-04T16:04:58Z text/html en Taizé Echoing a suggestion made by a youth from Haiti, the Taizé Community invites everyone who is able to pray for the people of Haiti, either singly or in a group, the 12th of each month for 12 months following the earthquake of January 12. At the beginning of each month, we will publish on this page a proposed prayer that can be used that day. Visiting Haïti in 1983, Brother Roger stayed at Cité-Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince. Proposed prayer – February 12, 2010 Song: Bonum est confidere (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article9687.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9687.html 2010-02-03T15:08:00Z text/html en Taizé 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 (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article334.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article334.html 2010-02-03T15:00:00Z text/html en Taizé Departures from the UK 2010 Sat 27 March, and every Saturday from 19 June till 21 August inclusive. From Taizé Sun 4 April, and then every Sunday from 27 June till 29 August inclusive. Journeys will only run if a sufficient number of passengers are booked at least one month in advance. Outward journey dep. Birmingham 1330, dep. London 1620 (Victoria Coach Station), dep. Dover (Eastern Docks) 1830, arr. Taizé 0830 next morning. Other dates and/or pickup points can be arranged for (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article9777.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9777.html 2010-02-02T09:38:25Z text/html en Taizé One of the brothers who has been living in Bangladesh for years wrote recently: “This morning I returned home full of impressions of the very big annual meeting of Muslims called the ‘Estema' (which means ‘assembly'). Since my previous visits to the Estema everything has become bigger and bigger. Now 2 million people had gathered at Tongi, near Dhaka, and for the final prayer there were more than 3 million. The organisation was very well done, by volunteers. At the centre of everything there (...) http://www.taize.fr/en_article9772.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9772.html 2010-02-01T20:30:20Z text/html en Taizé http://www.taize.fr/en_article9771.html http://www.taize.fr/en_article9771.html 2010-02-01T20:27:41Z text/html en Taizé