Weekend at Taize

Weekend at Taize

May 2006

After finishing up the photography course in Paris I took the TGV (high speed train) to Macon where I connected to a bus to Taize. Taize is a monastery of brothers from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds, about 70 in all, from many countries. It has become kind of a pilgrimage site for young people from all over the world, and is known for its Taize prayer services, which are almost entirely singing/chanting. For more info you can check out their website, www.taize.fr, but here are some pictures to give you a taste of the weekend!

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Looking down the road from Taize, Burgundy country	Almost everything was translated into multiple languages, with English being the common denominator, though there were few native English speakers	There were 3000 (yes, that's thousand!) people there for the weekend, as it was Ascension, a holiday in both France and Germany
	Many people camped in their own tents or trailers	Breakfast at Taize...the bowl is of coffee (they use bowls instead of cups)
Breakfast in the 'adults' area (anyone over 30 is separated into this area...)	A walk on the roads near Taize	California poppies?!
Evidence that I did not grow up out in the country...I took pictures of cows!	A tenth century church in a neighboring village	Crucifix in the 10th century church
self-timer!		Taken (illegally) during the evening prayer service...the front is all the way down where the darker orange lights are
On my way back to Paris I stopped off in Cluny, of medieval significance

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