How can we deepen our faith and our understanding of the Bible in every day life? This section of the web site contains the “Letter for the year” by Brother Matthew, the short Bible text read each day …

Life at Taizé revolves around prayer, work, and hospitality. Since the 1960’s, the hospitality has taken the form of welcoming large numbers of young adults–sometimes several thousand at a time–to stay …

Taizé Prayer is a distinctive style of meditative prayer developed by an ecumenical community of monks in rural France. This quiet, moving reflective prayer combines elements of the Church's traditional …

On Tuesdays the congregation at University Church participates in prayer in the style of Taizé. Any group should amend their service to have more or less of the below elements so that the …

In the Spirit of Taizé, this type of service is an ecumenical form of prayer modeled after the Taizé community in Taizé, France. The purpose of the prayer is to foster reconciliation and peace among …

Prayer in the spirit of the Taizé Community is a meditative form of common prayer. Gathered in the presence of Christ we sing uncomplicated, repetitive songs, uncluttered by too many words, allowing …

In this service we use songs from the Taizé Community* following their communal pattern of prayer shaped by singing and silence. Each short song repeats many times.

Taizé Evening Prayer includes two short Bible readings and petitionary prayer. The entire prayer is usually conducted in semi-darkness, with a visual focus on Christ as Light, often using a lit Paschal …

Welcome to Taizé Prayer, a contemplative type of prayer where we seek to encounter the mystery of God through the beauty of simplicity. Tonight, you will hear scripture alongside litany, lament along …

What is Taizé Prayer? In 1940, a 25-year-old man from Switzerland, Brother Roger, came to the small village of Taizé, France, with the dream of starting an ecumenical community for contemplation and …