The Taizé Community

• About Taizé: A “parable of community”
• A bit of history: The beginnings
• “Testing-Ground for the future community in Taizé”
• A lifelong commitment
• Interview with Cardinal Kasper three years after the death of Brother Roger
• Brother Alois, Prior of Taizé
• Brother Alois at the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
• Brother Michel (1936-2009)
• The Archbishop of Canterbury spends four days in Taizé
• Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios of Albania in Taizé
• August 16th: The fourth anniversary of Brother Roger’s death
• Video: An introduction to Taizé
• Photos of Brother Roger
• Perspectives on Taizé
  • John Paul II: One passes through Taizé as one passes close to a spring of water
  • Paul Ricœur: “Liberating the core of goodness”
  • Olivier Clément: "Trust will have the last word"
  • Bruno Frappat: « Taizé, always! »
• Brother Roger
  • 12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005: Homage to Brother Roger
  • Why Brother Roger died
  • A way of reconciliation
    • Benedict XVI speaks of Brother Roger: “An ecumenism lived spiritually”
    • Interview with Brother Alois: Something that was without precedent
    • Mgr Daucourt, Bishop of Nanterre: Ecumenism is first of all an exchange of gifts
    • Déclaration by the French Protestant Federation: Let us respect the memory of Brother Roger

Meetings in Taizé

• Why come to Taizé?
• Who can come and when?
• What are the meetings about?
• Where will we stay? What should we bring with us?
• What’s a good way to prepare?
• What about the costs?
• How long can we stay?
• Further information: Bringing a group of young people to Taizé
• Further information: adults aged 30 and over
• Further information: families
• WYD Madrid 2011: coming to Taizé before or after
• Concerning A/H1N1 influenza
• Registration
• Staying longer in Taizé
• Groups from Ireland coming to Taizé in 2009
• Echoes of the young adults meetings
• Photos
• Poster
• Video: A Week at Taizé

On every continent

• A pilgrimage of trust on earth
• Australia : Regular prayers
• Australia: “We ache with the victims of the fires in Victoria”
• Canada: Several meetings in March 2009
• Canada: Some meditative prayers
• Ireland: “Ag Críost an Siol”: A prayer in Dublin
• Ireland: Pilgrims in Belfast
• New Zealand : A week in Christchurch
• New Zealand: Regular prayers
• UK: Visits and meetings in England
• UK: Regular prayers
• USA: Prayer Contacts
• USA: Pilgrimage of Trust in Baltimore
• Africa
  • Algeria: Meeting in Tlemcen : August 2009
  • Burundi May 2009: Building new relationships
  • Democratic Republic of Congo: A visit to Goma
  • Kenya: Back in Nairobi
  • Kenya: Brothers in Nairobi
  • Mauritania: A journey from Dakar to Nouadhibou
  • Rwanda: A visit in April – May 2009
  • South Africa: Regular prayers
  • Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso: Visits and meetings
  • Africa 2006, 2007, 2008
    • February-March 2006 : In East Africa
    • February 2007 : In East Africa
    • November 2007: A visit to South Africa
    • April-May 2007: In West Africa
    • Malawi: "A house that’s complete"
  • 2008: Meeting in Nairobi
    • With 7000 young Africans in Nairobi Taizé creates a sign of peace
    • The meeting in Nairobi: Day by day
    • Nairobi: Meditations by Brother Alois
  • The brothers in Senegal
    • The brothers in Senegal
    • A fraternité in Dakar
    • Sénégal: Young people from the villages around Taizé visiting Dakar
    • "Ak benn"
    • Voluntary drains clean-up in Grand-Yoff!
    • Griots at the Taizé house in Dakar
    • Refugees in Dakar
    • Locked and barred?
• Africa (shared)
  • 2008: Meeting in Nairobi (shared)
    • Photos: Meeting in Nairobi
• Americas
  • Bolivia: Meetings in October 2009
  • A pilgrimage: Five countries of Central America
  • Argentina: An important small step forward in reconciliation
  • Bolivia: Days of reconciliation in El Alto
  • Bolivia: Vigils of reconciliation
  • Chile: Meeting in Chiloé
  • Mexico: Faith is alive everywhere
  • 2007: Meeting in Cochabamba
    • Day by day during the meeting
    • Taizé and Bolivia
  • The brothers in Brazil
    • The brothers in Brazil
    • The "brincadeira"
    • The brincadeira: “It is never too late to learn!”
    • The seeing and talking hands club
    • Jornada da confiança at Santo Andre
    • “Jornada da Confiança” at Vitoria da Conquista
    • The "Emmaus" children
• Americas (shared)
  • Meeting in Cochabamba 2007 (shared)
    • Photos: Meeting in Cochabamba
• Asia Pacific
  • A visit to Cambodia
  • Taizé and China
  • China: Pilgrimage of trust in Hong Kong
  • China: Taizé to have one million Bibles printed in China
  • Four weeks in India
  • India: Regular prayers in Kolkata
  • India: Visits in April-May 2009
  • Visits in Indonesia
  • Israel: Regular prayers
  • June 2009: Visits and prayers in Japan
  • Japan : Regular prayers
  • Laos: Young Laotians and the pilgrimage of trust
  • Middle East: A Jew’s prayer for the children of Gaza
  • Myanmar: “What is the source from which we draw life?”
  • In the Philippines 2009
  • Singapore: a few hours to get back to the source
  • Thailand: Meditative Prayers in Bangkok
  • Timor Leste: 2009
  • In Vietnam
  • The brothers in Korea
    • The brothers in Korea
    • A Life of waiting
    • A visit to the North
    • In Seoul: some hours of prayer and silence
  • The brothers in Bangladesh
    • The brothers in Bangladesh
    • The « we are all kings and queens » children’s club
    • Rajshahi – following the meeting in Kolkata
    • Schools for the poor
    • "Singing as we go"
    • Islam in Bangladesh
    • As Christmas draws near
    • Sing to the tune of a new life
    • Floods in August 2007
    • Visits in Nepal
  • 2006 Meeting in Kolkata
    • Pilgrimage of Trust in Kolkata: On the Road of Trust, Towards a Future of Peace
    • Kolkata: Meditations by Brother Alois
    • Taizé and India
• Asia Pacific (shared)
  • 2006 Meeting in Kolkata (shared)
    • Photos: Meeting in Kolkata
• Europe
  • Albania: “Visits from abroad”
  • Belarus: The Church, “that communion which draws us out of isolation”
  • Croatia: Praying with the songs from Taizé on an island in the Adriatic
  • Finland: From Turku to Utsjoki
  • Germany, October 2009: Prayer and meeting in Stuttgart
  • Present day Greece: a land of contrasts
  • Hungary Octobre 2009: Meeting in Pécs
  • Italy: May 2008: Meeting in Turin
  • Latvia and Estonia: Two stages in the pilgrimage of trust
  • Lithuania: Meeting in Vilnius in May 2009
  • Lithuania: Meeting in Vilnius: Message from the President of the Republic
  • Meeting in Vilnius: Letter to a young Lithuanian
  • Norway: A journey in March 2009
  • Poland: Meeting in Poznań
  • Portugal: Meeting in Porto in 2010
  • Romania: Brother Alois’ visit in May 2008
  • Spain: Meeting in Seville: May 2009
  • Sweden: A pilgrimage: broadening our friendship to include everyone
  • Ukraine: A bridge between East and West
  • Ukraine: October 2009: A day of trust in Lviv
  • Ukraine: October 2009: In Kiev: discovering the Church by crossing frontiers
  • Europe 2006 2007 2008
    • Austria: A journey through Austria
    • Bosnia-Herzegovina and Taizé
    • Denmark: “The great day of prayer"
    • Germany: In the North of Germany
    • In Greece and the Republic of Macedonia
    • Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • In Latvia and Estonia: 2008
    • Russia: Brother Alois in Moscow in 2006
    • Russia: In Moscow in 2006: Taizé’s gratefulness for the Russian Orthodox Church
    • Russia: A visit in October 2006
    • Russia: A visit in November 2007
    • In Spain: 2008
    • Sweden: 2007 Meeting in Stockholm
    • Sweden: 2007 Stockholm meeting day by day
    • UK: 2006: Prayers in Bradford Cathedral and Westminster Abbey
    • Ukraine 2006: Just before the elections

Prayer and song

• Preparing a time of prayer
• Prayer for Each Day
• Meditative singing
• Young adults and prayer at Taizé
• The value of silence
• Preparing a welcoming space for a meditative prayer
• Icons in worship
• Prayer intentions
• MP3 and podcasts
• Learning the songs
  • A - B
    • Aber du weisst den Weg für mich
    • Ad te Jesu Christe
    • Adoramus te Christe
    • Adoramus te O Christe
    • Alleluia
    • Alleluia 4
    • Alleluia 7
    • Alleluia 8
    • Alleluia 10
    • Alleluia 11
    • Alleluia 16
    • Alleluia 17
    • Alleluia 18
    • Alleuia 20
    • Alleluia 21
    • Alleluia 22
    • Beati voi poveri
    • Behüte mich Gott
    • Bendigo al Señor
    • Benedictus (canon)
    • Bénissez le Seigneur
    • (Stay with me): Bleibet hier
    • Bleib mit deiner Gnade
    • Bless the Lord
    • Bóg jest miłością
    • Bogoroditse Dievo 1
    • Bogoroditse Dievo 2
    • Bonum est confidere
  • C - I
    • Cantarei ao Senhor
    • Cantate Domino (canon)
    • Cantate... canticum novum
    • C’est toi ma lampe
    • Christe, lux mundi
    • Christe Salvator
    • Christus resurrexit
    • Confitemini Domino
    • Crucem tuam
    • Da pacem cordium
    • Da pacem... in diebus
    • Dans nos obscurités
    • De noche
    • Dieu ne peut que donner
    • Dominus spiritus est
    • Dona la pace Signore
    • Dona nobis pacem
    • Eat this bread
    • El alma que anda en amor
    • (In the Lord / Meine Hoffnung / Pan jest mocą): El Senyor
    • Esprit consolateur
    • Exaudi orationem meam
    • Exomologisthe to Kyrio
    • Fiez-vous en Lui
    • Frieden, Frieden
    • Gloria... et in terra pax
    • Gloria, gloria
    • Grande est ta bonté
    • I am sure I shall see
    • Iedere nacht verlang ik
    • Il Signore ti ristora
    • In manus tuas
    • In resurrectione tua
    • In te confido
  • J - L
    • Jésus le Christ
    • Jesu Redemptor
    • Jesus, remember me
    • Jubilate - Alleluia
    • Jubilate Coeli
    • Jubilate Deo
    • Kristus, din Ande
    • Kyrie eleison 1
    • Kyrie eleison 5
    • Kyrie eleison 6
    • Kyrie eleison 8
    • Kyrie eleison 9
    • Kyrie eleison 10
    • Kyrie eleison 12
    • Kyrie eleison 13
    • Kyrie eleison 17
    • Kyrie eleison 18
    • Kyrie eleison 19
    • Kyrie eleison 20
    • Kyrie eleison 21
    • L’ajuda em vindrà
    • La ténèbre
    • Laetentur coeli
    • Laudate Dominum
    • Laudate omnes gentes
  • M - O
    • Magnificat (canon)
    • Magnificat (choral)
    • Magnificat 3
    • Mane nobiscum
    • Misericordias Domini
    • Mon âme se repose
    • Nada te turbe
    • Nebojte se
    • Nothing can ever
    • Notre âme attend
    • Nunc dimittis
    • O Christe Domine Jesu
    • Oculi nostri
    • Ostende nobis
  • P - Z
    • Per crucem
    • Probudi se
    • Psallite Deo
    • Que j’exulte et jubile
    • Qui regarde vers Dieu
    • Sanctum nomen Domini
    • See, I am near
    • Seigneur, tu gardes mon âme
    • Sfinte Dumnezeule
    • Singt dem Herrn
    • Sit nomen Domini
    • Spiritus Jesu Christi
    • Sto oko ne vidje
    • Surrexit Christus
    • Surrexit Dominus vere
    • The kingdom of God
    • Toi, tu nous aimes
    • Tui amoris
    • Tu sei sorgente viva
    • Ubi caritas
    • Ubi caritas Deus ibi est
    • Une soif emplit notre âme
    • Veni Creator (canon)
    • Veni Creator (litanie)
    • Venite, exultemus Domino
    • Veni Lumen (choral)
    • Vieni Spirito creatore
    • Veni Sancte Spiritus
    • Viešpatie, tu viską žinai
    • Wait for the Lord
    • Wysławiajcie Pana

Bible and faith

• “A very simple reality”
• Daily Bible readings
• Short daily meditation
• Bible texts with commentary
• Letter for the year
  • Brother Alois 2009: Letter from Kenya
  • For an open Europe, a land of solidarity
  • Brother Alois 2008: Letter from Cochabamba
  • Brother Alois: Letter to those who want to follow Christ
  • Brother Alois: A call for the reconciliation of Christians
  • Brother Alois 2007: Letter from Kolkata
  • 2006: Brother Roger’s unfinished letter
  • Brother Roger 2005: A future of peace
• Questions on the Bible and the Christian Faith
  • Baptism
  • Children: What does it mean to “welcome God’s kingdom like a child”?
  • The Mystery of Christmas
  • The Church
  • Church and State: Church and State: What does the Bible tell us about the attitude of believers towards the wider society?
  • The commandments
  • The Cosmos: The Cosmos: What is the place of human beings in the universe?
  • The Cross
  • Death: What enables us to say that Jesus died “for us”?
  • Dialogue: Religions and The Gospel
  • Eucharist
  • The Eucharist Seen by a Christian of the Second Century
  • What does it mean to evangelize?
  • Faith
  • Faith: How does the New Testament speak about faith?
  • Faith: What Is Distinctive About the Christian Faith?
  • Fear of the Lord
  • Forgiveness: If Jesus knew that Judas was going to betray him, why did he keep him in the circle of his close companions until the end?
  • Forgiveness: Does forgiving mean forgetting?
  • Freedom: Am I still free if I obey a call from Christ?
  • Freedom: Freedom: Is everything that happens decided by God in advance?
  • Happiness: Do we have the right to be happy when others are suffering?
  • Hell: Must a Christian believe in the existence of hell?
  • Christian hope
  • Judgment: Why did Jesus tell his disciples not to judge?
  • Love of enemies
  • Mercy
  • Mercy: If God is merciful, why does the Bible contain threats?
  • God’s presence: If God is present in everyone, what does faith add?
  • Reconciliation: What are the presuppositions for a true dialogue between Christians of different confessions?
  • Reconciliation: How can we bring together diversity and reconciliation?
  • Sin: Should we regret our sins?
  • The suffering of the innocent
  • The world : Can we really make the world better?
• Portraits of witnesses to Christ
  • Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
  • Mother Teresa
  • Saint John Chrysostom (344 – 407): an astonishing modernity
  • Saint Augustine (354-430)
  • The Relevance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
  • A Path of Reconciliation : Brother Roger
  • Jeremiah
  • Dorotheus of Gaza (Sixth Century) Humility and Communion
  • A prophet who comforts (Isaiah 40–55)
• Short Writings from Taizé
  • 1. I Believe; Help My Unbelief
  • 2. Saved by the Cross of Christ?
  • 3. What Is Distinctive About the Christian Faith?
  • 4. Dialogue and Sharing with Believers of Other Religions
  • 5. Thrice Holy God
  • 6. Do We Need the Church?
  • 7. The Eucharist and the Early Christians
  • 8. It Is the Word That Is the Bread of Silence
  • 9. The Two Faces of the Cross
  • 10. Brother Roger, Founder of Taizé
  • 11. Blessed in Our Human Frailty
  • 12. Easter Voices
• Meditations by Brother Alois on the Christian feasts
  • Advent: Knowing how to wait…
  • Christmas: "...Peace on earth!"
  • Epiphany: Come let us adore him!
  • Lent: Turning to God
  • Holy Thursday: "I have loved you"
  • Good Friday: The cross is not the last word
  • Easter: hope for the world
  • Ascension: "You will be my witnesses"
  • Pentecost : "May your spirit of kindness lead me!"
  • The Transfiguration : "Listen to him!"
  • For August 15th: "Nothing is impossible for God"
  • All Saints Day: "I call you friends"

Meeting in Poznań

• Programme
• Practical information
• Preparing together for the European Meeting
• Travel to Poznań
• Registration
• From Poznań : “That’s the pilgrimage of trust!”
• A statement by the Archbishop’s Social Council
• Photos Poznań
  • Preparation for the meeting
• At the end of every year
  • Meeting in Zagreb: 40,000 young Europeans fill up with hope
  • Milan filled with the spirit of Brother Roger
  • Lisbon: The Urgency of Peace
  • Hamburg: The Face of the Church as Communion
  • Paris: A Larger Europe Breathes the Good News
  • Budapest: Hospitality, A Face of God
  • Barcelona: Sharing a Hope
  • Brussels 2008
    • Taizé: 40 000 young adults in Brussels: To build the Europe of trust
    • From the newspapers
    • Some personal stories following the meeting
    • Meeting in Brussels: Meditations by Brother Alois
    • Two addresses by Cardinal Danneels
    • Meeting in Brussels: Messages received for the meeting
  • Geneva 2007
    • Geneva elated to have welcomed the 40,000 young adults of Taizé

Meeting in the Philippines

• Preparing for the meeting in the Philippines (for participants from other Asian countries and other continents)
• Manila - Themes for the preparation
• February 2010 meeting in the Philippines
• Photos
• For participants from the Philippines
  • Preparing for the meeting in the Philippines (for participants from the Philippines)
  • Preparation Newsletter
  • Guidelines (for preparation teams of the local welcome centers in Metro Manila)
  • Manila - Themes for the preparation (Tagalog)
  • Manila - Themes for the preparation (English)
  • Manila: Registration guidelines for groups from the Philippines
  • Youth meeting in Manila (Flyer)
• Echoes from the preparation in Manila
  • Echoes from the preparation in Manila
  • Interview with Urlie Chavez, Commission on Youth of the Archdiocese of Cebu
  • 29 August: Launching Day in Manila
  • The floods in Manila
  • Pilgrimage of trust in the Philippines: Preparation in many Asian countries
  • The campus ministries

Books; CDs; items from the workshops....

• Books, CDs, DVDs
• From the Taizé workshops
• The ceramic adventure
• Brother Eric, etchings
• Exhibition in Mâcon
• Chinese calligraphy
• Exhibition of recent creations of frère Daniel
• New Publications

Travel to Taizé

• Road plan
• By road from the North
• By road from the East
• By road from the South
• By train
• Regular buses from the UK
• Nearest airports
• Taxis and buses for hire locally
• From Paris CDG to Taizé

Other information

• Contacting Taizé
• Times of prayers at Taizé
• Press Photos
• News by email
• Subscribe to: The Letter from Taizé
• Operation Hope
• This website
• Copyright information