Taizé

Pope encourages young people to pray together, support each other
- Dec 28, 2020
Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevented European young adults from praying in the New Year together in Turin, Italy, moving the Taize prayer gathering online has allowed them to involve their peers from around the world in proclaiming “hope in good times and bad,” Pope Francis said.

By Cindy Wooden
Taize’s New Year pilgrimage, exhibition of Shroud of Turin postponed
- Aug 13, 2020
Tens of thousands of young Christians from across Europe were expected to see in the New Year with chants and silent prayer, including before the Shroud of Turin. But the Dec. 28-Jan. 1 Taize pilgrimage to Turin has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Cindy Wooden
Taize superior says community has received five abuse allegations
- Jun 5, 2019
The brothers of the ecumenical Taize community said they have received five reports of sexual assaults on minors committed by three of their members in a period from the 1950s to the 1980s.

By Cindy Wooden

Jesus broke religious barriers, Brother Alois tells Christians, Muslims
- Mar 28, 2019
Amid all the violence of the world, religions must be factors of peace, Brother Alois Leser, prior of the Taize community, told Christian and Muslim young adults from 43 countries.

By Catholic News Service
'Slowing Time' is a good prescription for the holidays
- Dec 24, 2014
During the first week of Advent, I rhapsodized about Taizé Prayer, the wonders of taking time away to sit in silence, stare at hundreds of candle flames on the altar, repeat chanted prayers over and over hypnotically. How self-satisfied was I, so peaceful — in contrast to the hysteria of

By margeryeagan
The quieting, mystical experience of Taizé prayer
- Dec 3, 2014
Imagine the scene. Silence. Church lights dim. On the altar table and the floor and steps around it, dozens of candles flicker, some atop pillars of pink and purple, the Advent colors. In pews, 50 or 100 or maybe hundreds of worshippers hold their own candles, long and slim, then

By margeryeagan