Taizé 2020

From 27 December 2020 to 1 January 2021, for the first time, the European Youth Meeting will take place ... in Taizé and online!

Meditations and Bible reflections

Thursday 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 and you will receive.” And what about prayers of praise and thanksgiving: what can the hymns we sing possibly add to God? Does God need our (...)

29 December 2020

Programme

This 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 group sharing and to dialogue with the speakers during the workshops, you need to register for the meeting. The Bible introductions will be (...)

27 December 2020

Local initiatives

In 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 meet as a group of friends, neighbours or flatmates. Some will follow the programme from morning to evening for five days; others will meet (...)

26 December 2020

Messages received

Pope 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 General of the World Lutheran Federation, Rev. Martin Junge Pastor Christian Krieger, President of the Conference of European Churches (...)

22 December 2020

Song booklet

This 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 needss.Booklet in PDF The numbers indicated in this booklet refer to the published "Songs of Taizé 2020-2021". Note These songs are protected by (...)

21 December 2020

Programme for morning prayers

On 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 Venite, exultemus Domino Psalm 72 (for example with Alleluia 22) O God, give your judgment to the King, make your righteousness his guide, (...)

8 December 2020

European Meeting: A completely new kind of end-of-year meeting in Taizé and online

As 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 2021 For the first time, the European Meeting of Young Adults will be held in Taizé and throughout the world online! An online programme will (...)

28 November 2020

Two ways to take part

This article was updated at the end of November: previously we had hoped to be able to welcome a limited number of people on site in Taizé. In view of the current state of the pandemic and the measures of restriction and caution still in force in France and in many other countries, we decided to hold the meeting on site only with volunteers, and online with all the young people who wish to be (...)

30 September 2020