The Word Among Us

January/February 2024 Issue

On a Pilgrimage of Trust

The Story of Brother Roger and Taizé

By: Kathryn Spink

On a Pilgrimage of Trust: The Story of Brother Roger and Taizé by Kathryn Spink

“Poetry—that is what the church should be!” announced Brother Roger, founder of an ecumenical community of Roman Catholic and Protestant brothers in the tiny village of Taizé, France. That was in 1985, when he was approaching seventy.

Brother Roger himself was a poet who drew his inspiration from nature. He was a gentle man, a mystic who valued intuition as highly as...

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