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Arriving at
Taizé
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"Today, Taizé is a
place where hundreds of thousands of young
adults from every continent come to pray
and to prepare themselves to work for
peace, reconciliation and trust in the
world."
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Welcome in different
languages
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"Hundreds of
thousands of young people have gathered in
Taizé through the years around the central
theme: inner life and human solidarity. They come
to search at the wellsprings of faith for a meaning
for their lives and then to set off home again with
renewed impetus. During a week of prayer and
sharing with young adults from so many different
nations they prepare themselves to take on
responsibilities in their own situations at
home."
"Three times
each day, everyone gathers in the "Church of
Reconciliation" for prayer together. The church was
built in 1962 and was enlarged in 1990-1. The
"songs of Taizé" are easily recognizable.
They are made up of a simple phrase taken up again
and again, in many different languages, and they
are a way of expressing a basic reality, quickly
grasped by the mind and then gradually penetrating
the entire person. In the evening, the sung prayer
continues far into the night. Meanwhile, brothers
remain in the church to listen to those who wish to
talk about a personal problem or question."
"The Saturday
evening prayer is celebrated as a vigil of the
Resurrection, a festival of light. On Friday
evenings, the icon of the Cross is placed in the
centre of the Church and those who wish can come
and pray around it in silence as a way of
entrusting to God their own burdens and those of
others, and so accompanying the Risen Christ who
remains close to all who are undergoing
trial."
Do you want to know more? Would
you like to go to Taizé?
Visit the
Taizé Website :-
English
http://www.taize.fr/en
French
http://www.taize.fr/fr
Communauté de Taizé,
F-71250 Taizé-Communauté,
http://www.taize.fr/en http://www.taize.fr/en
http://www.taize.fr/en
http://www.taize.fr/en
e-mail:
community@taize.fr,
Téléphone: (33) 385 50
30 30, Fax: (33) 385 50 30 15
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