The enormous ecumenical impact of the Taizé community, with its haunting music and its tradition of silent prayer and meditative chant, is astonishing given that the community never promoted itself.
Even with 45,000 people -- mostly young adults -- gathered in St. Peter's Square, one could hear the sound of splashing water from the square's two decorative fountains. The hush was part of the ebb ...
For five days the Don Bosco school campus in Park Circus in Kolkata resounded with the unmistakable Taize chants that cut across different faiths and religions. Thousands of young adults attending the ...
Some 70 religious brothers from all over the world are kneeling in long rows at the heart of the Church of Reconciliation, their white robes touching the ground. They sing softly, their masked voices ...
Here in Krakow, where World Youth Day is in full swing, I have talked to dozens of pilgrims from around the world. Although many of them were in elementary school when St. John Paul II died, they ...
BELLOWS FALLS -- Taizé Chanting Workshops will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St., in Bellows Falls. Singing Taizé chants is a gateway to mystery and ...
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 ...
If Cass Davies can’t attend her monthly Taizé service, life doesn’t feel quite right. As soon as she steps into the church, lit with candles and filled with music, she feels tension slip away. An ...
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part blog series. Click here to read part two. Recently, the ecumenical monastic community of Taizé celebrated three anniversaries. It marked 100 years since ...
GUILFORD -- Advent services begin Sunday, Dec. 2, at Guilford Community Church, featuring Taizé chants as part of worship and at Wednesday meditations scheduled from 4 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 5, 12 and 19.
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