7 December 2008
The meeting in Nairobi was held from 26 to 30 November 2008.
Each evening of the meeting, Brother Alois gave a meditation.
The texts of the meditations are published here.Thursday 27 November
It is a great joy to be gathered here in Nairobi. We are here together to ask ourselves a question: What is the hope that we are called to share with others today?
For several months, more than eighty parishes have been working together here to prepare a beautiful welcome. We would like to express our thanks to all those who have opened the doors of (...)
7 December 2008
Catherine is from England. She is at present spending a year teaching at a medical school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Each day during the Nairobi meeting she sent news of the day’s happenings.Monday 24 November
Over the last week, over one hundred young people from around the world have arrived here in Nairobi. For many, this is their first journey of discovery in (...)
1 December 2008
Nairobi, November 30, 2008
A new youth meeting organized by the Community of Taizé, an African stage of the “Pilgrimage of Trust”, has gathered 7000 participants from the 26th – 30th of November. This was the second international meeting organised by the Taizé Community in Africa, after one in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1995. The young people were welcomed in more than 2500 families from the Greater Nairobi area. Nairobi youth groups from 80 parishes of different Christian churches prepared the morning program on the theme “Together seeking (...)
