Taize Movement Brings Throwback Appeal To America

Posted by on May 31, 2012 with 0 Comments


CHICAGO (RNS) Every year, some 100,000 pilgrims trek to the Taize ecumenical community in France where the biggest attraction is the music, a throwback — way, way back, about 1,500 years or so — to repetitive plainchant.

This weekend (May 25-28), for the first time, the Taize brothers will bring their conference to the U.S., where several thousand people — particularly young adults — are expected to meet for prayer and song at DePaul University in Chicago.

Brother Emile, a Catholic and a spokesman for the group, said pilgrims seek out Taize for answers to questions about life in general and faith in particular.

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