USA: Pilgrimage of Trust in St. Louis

From September 2016 to May 2017, brothers of the Taizé Community, working with with churches of various denominations, facilitated a “pilgrimage of trust” in the St. Louis area. At a time when fear and violence seemed to be gaining the upper hand, the purpose of the pilgrimage was to create a space where people of different backgrounds could come together for prayer and conversation on concrete ways of building trust in people’s daily lives. This yearlong pilgrimage of trust culminated in a gathering held over Memorial Day weekend, May 26-29, 2017.

Spring 2017: Pilgrims of Trust in Saint Louis

From May 26 to 29, hundreds of young adults from more than thirty US states and others from Canada came together in St. Louis for a new stage in the pilgrimage of trust on earth. A new stage in many ways, for it dealt with the serious questions of racism that have recently arisen in that part of the United States and elsewhere. [1] Following the death of a black teenager, Michael Brown, (...)

8 June 2017