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In memory of Luca Attanasio
Some Recent NewsHaving learned the news of the tragic death of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, Brother Alois wrote a message of condolences to his family, the Archbishop of Milan and the Archbishop of Kinshasa.As a young man, (...)
A new addition to the online shop: The “Taizé Box”
The Brothers’ WorkMany people don’t know that there is an online shop where you can buy the products of the work of the brothers of the community. With the "Taizé Box", you can receive at home some of these items. [1] What does the Taizé Box contain? In each Box you will (...)
A new fraternity of Taizé brothers in Pantin, on the outskirts of Paris
The brothers in the suburbs of (...)During winter 2020-2021, a group of brothers began a small fraternity in the town of Pantin, very close to Paris.Bishop Pascal Delannoy invited Taizé to think about this project, with the desire to create a place of prayer and listening in the (...)
Brother Sylvain (1933-2021)
Some Recent NewsOn Tuesday February 2, Brother Sylvain passed away peacefully. He was in good shape until the last day, had eaten supper with the brothers and then felt unwell. He died almost immediately. He was 87 years old. The celebration in his memory will take place (...)
Community council: Prayer by Brother Alois
Some Recent NewsAs they do every year, the brothers had their community council from 26th to 31st January. Here is the concluding prayer of Brother Alois [4] Praise be to you, God of life. We turn to you in the midst of great trials that humanity is going through. (...)
Donating to the solidarity fund and financial support of the meetings in Taizé
SolidarityThanks to a solidarity fund, Operation Hope, the community provides support to people in difficulty on different continents, including poor or sick children. For examples of projects supported by Operation Hope, you can consult the different articles in (...)
Advent
Some Recent NewsOutside the Church of Reconciliation, like every year, a crib has been prepared by the roadside. Things will be added to it week by week right up until Christmas. Every week of Advent, a Bible meditation will be put online on the Taizé YouTube channel (...)
"Salle d’Exposition": Opening times
"Salle d’Exposition"In accordance with current government guidelines, the “Salle d’Exposition” in Taizé is open. It is still of course possible to use the online sales site.The "Salle d’Exposition", where the brothers’ work is on display in Taizé, is open through the year, every (...)
New Publications
The Brothers’ Workfr. RogerLa Regla de Taizé The Rule of Taizé in SpanishEditorial Perpetuo Socorro, 2020, 98 p, ISBN: 9788428408318 Durante el invierno 1952-1953 el hermano Roger, tras un largo retiro y silencio, escribe La Regla de Taizé.No busca una reglamentación sino (...)
Covid-19 and the meetings in Taizé
Some Recent NewsDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year France underwent a lockdown in spring and again at the beginning of November. Between these two periods, from June 14 to October 30, the community was able to organise youth meetings in Taizé. A health protocol (...)
Preparing a time of prayer
How to prepare a prayer serviceHow can we keep on praying together? People often ask this question after a stay in Taizé, or else after taking part in one of the meetings outside of Taizé. Here, then, are some of the more important elements that go to preparing a prayer that is (...)
Commented Bible Passages
Meditations and ReflectionsThese Bible meditations are meant as a way of seeking God in silence and prayer in the midst of our daily life. During the course of a day, take a moment to read the Bible passage with the short commentary and to reflect on the questions which follow. (...)
Prayer live from Taizé
PrayerEvery Saturday Every Saturday, midday prayer will be livestreamed directly from Taizé at 12.30pm (CET | UTC+1) on the Taizé social media networks. The link will be published here afterwards. Order of prayer — 20/02/2021 Song Oculi nostri (11) Psalm 100 (...)
Brother Alois 2021: Hoping in Season and out of Season
Letter for the yearA message for 2021Booklet as PDF A message for 2021 Humanity is able to move forward because of the multitudes of women and men who give themselves without counting the cost, even in times of upheaval and uncertainty. Over these last few months, many (...)
Finding an inner strength that helps us move forward
Weekly Meditations by Brother (...)Wednesday 28 October | Taizé, Church of Reconciliation Since last week, you have been many in Taizé from different regions of France during the All Saints’ Day holidays. We brothers are happy to welcome you - all the more so in this very difficult health (...)
Let us set out towards one another
Weekly Meditations by Brother (...)It is a great joy for us brothers to see you gathered here in our Church of Reconciliation. You know, because of the pandemic, we had to close the welcome in Taizé in mid-March and we were very sad about that. We cannot imagine our community life without (...)
Daily Prayers by Brother Alois
Prayers by Brother AloisFriday, 26 February 2021 Christ Jesus, you never want to lay on us a feeling of guilt that shuts us in. You know our wounds and you carry our faults. And so we find ourselves free, free to love. Thursday, 25 February 2021 Eternal God, you listen to the (...)
An article by Brother Alois: Five years after Laudato Si’
Meditations and ReflectionsFive years ago, Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato Si’ in which he expressed “an urgent invitation to a new dialogue about how we build the future of the planet.” He added: “We need a conversion that unites all of us, because the environmental (...)
“What is best in our life grows out of a simple trust in God.”
Meditations and ReflectionsTo commemorate Brother Roger’s birthday, Brother Emile wrote the following meditation.In a time of trial, we can sometimes latch onto a verse from a psalm or from the gospel as to a life preserver. And perhaps the more the words we are using are simple and (...)
Biblical meditation online: See, I am doing a new thing
Meditations and ReflectionsBiblical passage Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Commentary by Brother (...)
Covid-19 | Health measures
Youth MeetingsIn order to guarantee maximum protection for all, it is imperative that all of us in Taizé carefully and constantly adhere to the "barrier measures". These gestures are acts of care for others, especially the most vulnerable.In particular, everyone is (...)
Travel to Taizé: By train and local bus
Travel to TaizéIf you are travelling from Paris, choose Mâcon-Loché TGV as your destination station (this is the nearest station to Taizé).Note: Ticket prices on the fast (TGV) train vary a lot, depending on how far in advance they are bought.The slower trains which run (...)
“Always on the move, never uprooted”: Late summer 2020 | An online initiative
Online MeetingsFollowing on the first online meeting last Pentecost, a new and similar initiative is being proposed for the weekend of August 28-30, 2020. The main theme will be “Always on the move, never uprooted” (Proposals 2020); the weekend will comprise a variety of (...)
Online family meeting | Sharing groups "Onlineda"
Online MeetingsThis meeting is for families that have followed the "Onlineda" programme and would like to share their experiences with other families. It will be held during the weekend of 28-30 August 2020. It is aimed at parents with children between 3 and 14 years (...)
Saturday workshops
Specific information for 2020An imaginative initiative for this summer of 2020: every Saturday afternoon, a workshop will be live-streamed from Taizé. Workshops will be open to the public and broadcast on-line on Taizé’s Facebook pages and on this page of the site.They will take place (...)
An online programme for families
Online MeetingsThis year for the first time we have put together an online version of the family programme. This is for all the families who will not be able to travel to Taizé this year because of the pandemic, and also for any other families who want to take part. The (...)
Pentecost 2020 | Key Moments of the Programme
Online MeetingsOn this page, we are publishing the various videos put online as part of the Pentecost weekend. The times indicated correspond to the time zone "Central European Summer Time" (CEST) or two hours ahead of the coordinated universal time (UTC +2).Friday May (...)
Pentecost 2020 | An online initiative
Online MeetingsWith the Covid-19 epidemic and health measures in many countries, it will be difficult to hold summer meetings in Taizé as in previous years. We hope to welcome young people and adults again as soon as possible. In the meantime, we would like to propose a (...)
Safeguarding in Taizé
SafeguardingFor many people, Taizé is a place of trust. The brothers of the community, the sisters of St Andrew and the Ursuline sisters, as well as the volunteers [11] and all who are associated in the running of the meetings [12], are committed to making Taizé a (...)
Reflection week for 18-35 year-olds
Specific information for 2021The week of reflection for 18-35 year olds is scheduled to take place in the week of August 22-29, 2021. This week of reflection is open to 18-35 year olds, be they students, young professionals, volunteers or job seekers. Because of the specific nature (...)
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land : Messages from Church Leaders
Pilgrimage to the Holy LandMessage from His Beatitude, Theophilos III, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III extends his blessing to all the young adults planning to come to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage organized by the Taizé Community (...)
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land : Practical Information
Pilgrimage to the Holy LandThe pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which had to be postponed due to the pandemic, will take place from 8 to 15 May, 2022. This new step of the Pilgrimage of Trust will be prepared by the Taizé Community in collaboration with the Tantur Ecumenical Institute (...)
European Meeting in Taizé and online: Meditations and Bible reflections
European Meeting in TaizéThursday 30 December | Bible introduction of Brother John on Psalm 96 All of us ask ourselves, at one time or another, what is the use of praying? Jesus tells us that God knows what we need, even before we ask. And yet at the same time, he says to us, “Ask (...)
European Meeting in Taizé and online: Programme
European Meeting in TaizéThis page gives the detailed programme for the end of year meeting. All the activities listed below will be accessible to everyone through the Taizé YouTube channel. The various links will be updated regularly on this page.In order to participate in small (...)
European Meeting in Taizé and online: Local initiatives
European Meeting in TaizéIn different countries, small or larger groups are preparing to participate together via the internet in the programme of the European meeting. Circumstances vary greatly from place to place. Some plan to meet in a church or parish centre; others plan to (...)
Messages received
European Meeting in TaizéPope Francis The Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew The Moscow Patriarchate The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby The Secretary General of the World Council of Churches The Secretary of the Global Christian Forum, Rev. Casely Essamuah The Secretary (...)
European Meeting in Taizé and online: Song booklet
European Meeting in TaizéThis page features the song booklet prepared for the end-of-year meeting. It includes the songs that will be used for the midday and evening prayers, broadcast live from Taizé. For the morning prayers, please use songs adapted to meet your local (...)
European Meeting in Taizé and online: Programme for morning prayers
European Meeting in TaizéOn this page you will find the suggested programme for the morning prayers during the end-of-year meeting. The proposed songs are only suggestions: you can of course adapt the choice of songs to your local context.Monday morning 28/12Song — for example (...)
European Meeting: A completely new kind of end-of-year meeting in Taizé and online
European Meeting in TaizéAs announced elsewhere, the Turin European Meeting has been postponed for a year. At the end of 2020, we are inviting young adults aged 18 to 30 to take part in an exceptional stage of the Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth.From 27 December 2020 to 1 January (...)
Latin America 2020: Online initiatives
AmericasAt a time when Latin America is hard hit by the global Covid-19 pandemic, church-related meetings and activities have been able to continue on the internet.A virtual choir In September, a virtual choir ’Echoes from the Pilgrimage of Trust’, made up of (...)
News by email
We send out brief news by email approximately once a month: what is happening in Taizé; information about meetings and activities in many countries; commentaries on bible passages and questions of faith; new publications, music and recordings, etc. (...)
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For technical questions concerning the website, contact webadmin. For other questions, please see on this page whom to contact. This site is made with SPIP, an Open Source content management system. We try to keep all the pages on this site valid XHTML. If you notice mistakes, please tell us. Email links Because Spam has become such a problem, we are very careful about how we make email addresses publicly available. The email addresses shown on the Taizé site do not exist in the source of (...)
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By email: meetings taize.fr (meetings team; but for enquiries about coming to Taizé preferably use the registration form) community taize.fr (to contact one of the brothers) editions taize.fr Les Presses de Taizé (only for publishing matters.) media taize.fr For journalists seeking further information on Taizé and the international youth meetings. webadmin taize.fr (only for technical questions concerning the website) The Taizé web site: http://www.taize.fr By telephone: The welcome team: (...)
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