In cooperation with the churches of the city, the Taizé Community will be facilitating a young adult gathering in Birmingham next year, over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, 28th April - 1st May 2017.
Brother Alois, prior of the community will take part.
Main events over the weekend will take place in city-centre churches: St Chad’s Cathedral (Catholic), St Philip’s Cathedral (Anglican), The Church at Carrs Lane (Methodist and URC), and St Martin in the Bull Ring (Birmingham’s ancient parish church).
16-35 year-olds are invited for the full weekend. 16-18 year-olds may alternatively come for a one day programme, just on the Saturday.
The prayer gatherings will be open to people of all ages. See the flyer and website for more details on the programme. As with all gatherings led by the brothers of Taizé, a regular community prayer will be at the heart of the weekend. Brother Alois, prior of the international and ecumenical monastic community, will speak at some of the evening prayers.
Afternoons: workshops in the city-centre will celebrate the myriad ways in which people of faith are striving to make the world a better place: interfaith relations, the welcome of refugees and asylum seekers, engaging with the sick and with prisoners, living more ecologically, becoming aware of the problems of human trafficking, the arms trade and inequalities in financial systems. Afternoon activities will also include music and the arts, and questions of faith, vocation and Christian community life. A church will be set aside for those seeking a time of quiet reflection and prayer.
Taizé is a haven for peace, prayer, discussion and debate, a village of young adults who also are known in every church across the globe for rich prayerful music and songs that are easy to chant along with. It is also a place of diversity where you can stretch your intellectual understanding and ponder life’s important questions. Thousands travel to the international gatherings to experience the unique sense of Christian community these prayer weekends provide.
The weekend should cost no more that £35 + transport. For those interested please contact
Chriss Humphreys (Diocesan Youth Worker) -
email: [email protected]
Tel: 07799 703200
For further information please see the Taize website - www.taize.fr/birmingham
Brother Alois, prior of the community will take part.
Main events over the weekend will take place in city-centre churches: St Chad’s Cathedral (Catholic), St Philip’s Cathedral (Anglican), The Church at Carrs Lane (Methodist and URC), and St Martin in the Bull Ring (Birmingham’s ancient parish church).
16-35 year-olds are invited for the full weekend. 16-18 year-olds may alternatively come for a one day programme, just on the Saturday.
The prayer gatherings will be open to people of all ages. See the flyer and website for more details on the programme. As with all gatherings led by the brothers of Taizé, a regular community prayer will be at the heart of the weekend. Brother Alois, prior of the international and ecumenical monastic community, will speak at some of the evening prayers.
Afternoons: workshops in the city-centre will celebrate the myriad ways in which people of faith are striving to make the world a better place: interfaith relations, the welcome of refugees and asylum seekers, engaging with the sick and with prisoners, living more ecologically, becoming aware of the problems of human trafficking, the arms trade and inequalities in financial systems. Afternoon activities will also include music and the arts, and questions of faith, vocation and Christian community life. A church will be set aside for those seeking a time of quiet reflection and prayer.
Taizé is a haven for peace, prayer, discussion and debate, a village of young adults who also are known in every church across the globe for rich prayerful music and songs that are easy to chant along with. It is also a place of diversity where you can stretch your intellectual understanding and ponder life’s important questions. Thousands travel to the international gatherings to experience the unique sense of Christian community these prayer weekends provide.
The weekend should cost no more that £35 + transport. For those interested please contact
Chriss Humphreys (Diocesan Youth Worker) -
email: [email protected]
Tel: 07799 703200
For further information please see the Taize website - www.taize.fr/birmingham
