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1John5918
I see very little reference to Taize on LT. I first came across them in their European youth meeting in London in 1981, when I was working in a parish which hosted many of them. Subsequently I took a group of youth from London to Taize and was very impressed. I haven't been back since then, but have continued to take an interest.
My eye was caught this morning by a report that their 2016 international youth meeting will be in Benin next week, the fourth time it will have been held in Africa.
Last Week Countdown for Taizé Community “Pilgrimage of Trust” in Benin: 7500 Youth to Participate
My eye was caught this morning by a report that their 2016 international youth meeting will be in Benin next week, the fourth time it will have been held in Africa.
Last Week Countdown for Taizé Community “Pilgrimage of Trust” in Benin: 7500 Youth to Participate
2richardbsmith
Never heard of them.
3MarthaJeanne
We recently refused a chance to visit Taizé with friends next winter. Their idea is that one can get in the car in Vienna and drive through to Taizé in one day. It must be great to be young and healthy!
My favourite Taizé story takes place during a New Years meeting in Vienna one year. Colleagues of my husband came into the office asking, "What is going on? There were lots of young people in the U-bahn station, but they weren't pushing and shoving. They were singing quietly, and when a train came in, enough climbed in to fill it up, but the rest stood back and let it leave. I've never seen crowds behave like that!"
My favourite Taizé story takes place during a New Years meeting in Vienna one year. Colleagues of my husband came into the office asking, "What is going on? There were lots of young people in the U-bahn station, but they weren't pushing and shoving. They were singing quietly, and when a train came in, enough climbed in to fill it up, but the rest stood back and let it leave. I've never seen crowds behave like that!"
4John5918
>3 MarthaJeanne: one can get in the car in Vienna and drive through to Taizé in one day. It must be great to be young and healthy!
I seem to recall that in 1982 (when I was much younger and healthier!) we got in the old Ford Transit minibus in London and drove to Taize in one day, sharing the driving between two of us.
My favourite Taizé story
I met a similar crowd of Taize youth when they came to London for the New Year meeting. For some reason we had been chosen as the organising parish in Southall, and we had found accommodation for them in various Christian parishes and Sikh temples. They were all over our parish house (the parish priest had moved out of his room so some of them could sleep there), and we also had them sleeping inside the church - at morning mass we would see heads appearing out of sleeping bags.
The night they arrived it was foul weather, pouring with rain and very cold and windy. They had been given directions how to get to us by public transport from central London, but it was getting late and none of them had arrived, so I went out in the minibus looking for stray crowds of youngsters. They had missed a turning somewhere and I found hordes of them trudging wearily westwards out of London. I got them all back to the church in shifts, where the parish priest had a huge vat of hot soup on the altar and was dishing it out to warm them up a bit.
The Taize gatherings in central London cathedrals were amazing, but so was the New Year vigil which they held separately in each area where they were staying. Our church was lit only by hundreds of candles, and we had hundreds of young people in silent meditation interspersed with the Taize chants, while a New Year party was going on in our Catholic club next door.
>2 richardbsmith:
Taize is an ecumenical Christian community founded by the late Frere Roger during World War II. They are known for attracting youth to their contemplative style of prayer and singing. The chants are a bit reminiscent of plainchant, usually in Latin, with verses sung in various languages. It is beautiful, haunting, moving, meditative, mystical music. Taize is a popular pilgrimage centre, with hundreds of thousands of people, mostly young, visiting it and staying for a few days of prayer and simple community life.
I seem to recall that in 1982 (when I was much younger and healthier!) we got in the old Ford Transit minibus in London and drove to Taize in one day, sharing the driving between two of us.
My favourite Taizé story
I met a similar crowd of Taize youth when they came to London for the New Year meeting. For some reason we had been chosen as the organising parish in Southall, and we had found accommodation for them in various Christian parishes and Sikh temples. They were all over our parish house (the parish priest had moved out of his room so some of them could sleep there), and we also had them sleeping inside the church - at morning mass we would see heads appearing out of sleeping bags.
The night they arrived it was foul weather, pouring with rain and very cold and windy. They had been given directions how to get to us by public transport from central London, but it was getting late and none of them had arrived, so I went out in the minibus looking for stray crowds of youngsters. They had missed a turning somewhere and I found hordes of them trudging wearily westwards out of London. I got them all back to the church in shifts, where the parish priest had a huge vat of hot soup on the altar and was dishing it out to warm them up a bit.
The Taize gatherings in central London cathedrals were amazing, but so was the New Year vigil which they held separately in each area where they were staying. Our church was lit only by hundreds of candles, and we had hundreds of young people in silent meditation interspersed with the Taize chants, while a New Year party was going on in our Catholic club next door.
>2 richardbsmith:
Taize is an ecumenical Christian community founded by the late Frere Roger during World War II. They are known for attracting youth to their contemplative style of prayer and singing. The chants are a bit reminiscent of plainchant, usually in Latin, with verses sung in various languages. It is beautiful, haunting, moving, meditative, mystical music. Taize is a popular pilgrimage centre, with hundreds of thousands of people, mostly young, visiting it and staying for a few days of prayer and simple community life.
