2005 - 2020

2018 Meeting in Hong Kong

2006 Meeting in Kolkata

2019 In Aotearoa-New Zealand

During November 2019, a brother of the community spent some days in Aotearoa New Zealand visiting Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin as part of his pilgrimage. Here is his story.The wind always seems to howl as you fly into Wellington. For those who have not experienced it before, it can be a white-knuckle affair. But the pilots know what they are doing. At the airport, Sr Margaret Anne from (...)

2 January 2020

2015 Cambodia

For many years, brothers have been visiting Cambodia. As early as in the difficult times of the 1970s there was a discreet presence. Since 1992, there have been regular visits for prayers and retreats — sometimes for one diocese, sometimes for the 3 Dioceses together. In 2015, The FABC Youth desk invited the brothers to lead a retreat for youth from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar. It (...)

12 February 2017

2016 Visits in Japan

In recent months, a Taizé brother visited several Asian countries during a long journey - here he writes about his stay in Japan.In Japan, I first visited Michio, who was a volunteer in Taizé at the time of the tsunami. Since returning home, he is responsible for the Caritas base in one of the areas affected by the tsunami. The earthquake took place five years ago, volunteers are scarce and (...)

18 June 2016

2012 Timor Leste

In autumn 2012, a Taizé brother visited Timor Leste. Here is the account of his experiences.A nation daring to trust As I began to write about these ten days spent in Timor-Leste, I asked myself what had marked me the most, what are the images that have stayed with me from the last few visits and from this one ? Without a doubt, it’s one of men and women going forward towards a goal. Outside (...)

18 December 2012

2010 A visit to Kazakhstan

One of the brothers of the Community comments on a recent visit he made to Kazakhstan. So many images fill your heart and your head after two weeks in Kazakhstan! The immense plains stretch out of sight to the horizontal horizon. The colours that appear to be perfectly uniform but on closer inspection, the blue reveals a multitude of small flowers like thistles. Then (...)

22 September 2010

2010 Manila Meeting

The meeting day by day “a thirst for life in fullness…a call to transform the world” The meeting in Manila took place from Wednesday 3 to Sunday 7 February 2010. This was the 5th Asian young adult meeting, a stage in the “pilgrimage of trust” on earth led by the Taizé Community. The greater part of the young people came from the different regions of the Philippines. With the participation of the (...)

14 February 2010

Taizé and China

The relation between Taizé and mainland China goes back several decades. Originally, one of the brothers of the community who is Chinese made a series of visits to seminaries that had reopened during the 1980’s. He got to know many of the seminarians and they kept in touch with each other. The community was keen to support the ministry among the young through their prayer and songs. Through the (...)

28 June 2008

Taizé and India

Some background to contacts between Taizé and India Exchanges between Taizé and India go back many years: with Taizé brothers and young volunteers going to India and young Indians going to Taizé. It was after the first Taizé meeting in Madras in 1985 that groups of young people from the sub continent started arriving in Taizé. They come from all parts of the Indian Union and they reflect the diversity of the cultures represented in this vast country. Catholics, Orthodox, Church of South India, (...)

21 February 2006