Arrive early and stay late. That’s the word for the annual Durango Choral Society Family Christmas Concert on Sunday. By early, organizers mean around noon to peruse the unusual, one-of-a-kind holiday ...

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For its 20th anniversary last week, the little monastery in the village of Taizé, just north of the medieval monachal center of Cluny, held a major celebration. All 45 of the brothers were on hand for ...

The stabbing of a 90-year-old monk would be extraordinary at any time. But Brother Roger, the founder of Taize who was killed on Tuesday, leaves a legacy which is felt in churches all over the world.

Christian leaders and faithful gathered last month to celebrate the Jubilee Year with an ecumenical prayer service at Christ the Redeemer Parish, Atco. “God our Father, accept our praise and ...

The 90-year-old founder of the French-based Taize Christian ecumenical community has been stabbed to death at a prayer service. Police detained a woman after the assault on Swiss-born Roger Schutz, ...

The next European meeting held by the Taizé community will take place in Paris and throughout the Île-de-France region from 28 December 2025 to 1 January 2026. Tens of thousands of pilgrims are ...

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Pope Francis urged young people attending the 46th European Meeting organized by the ecumenical monastic community Taizé to “dare to build a different world, a world of listening, dialogue, and ...

Pope Francis called on the young people to live in the present and to not “sacrifice your precious youth on the altar of superficial pleasures.” A prayer meeting organized by the Taizé community.

After 18 years as head of the ecumenical monastic community Taizé, Brother Alois Loeser has chosen a successor. According to the community, after consulting other brothers, the French Catholic has ...