'침묵의 성지' Taize 떼제

떼제에 대해 처음 들은 것은 대략 오륙년 전 사촌언니로부터. 산티아고 성지길을 가고싶다는 생각이 부쩍 짙어진 요즘 떼제가 다시 기억난다. 나의 환상이 되어버린, Taize.

worship 으로도 유명한 Taize. 

떼제 공동체 공식 웹사이트 http://taize.fr/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiz%C3%A9_Community

The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about one hundred brothers, from Protestant and Catholic traditions, who originate from about thirty countries across the world. The monastic order has a strong devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation. It was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz, a Protestant.

The community has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work. Through the community's ecumenical outlook, they are encouraged to live in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation.

Early years

The Taizé Community was founded by Frère Roger in 1940.^[1] He pondered what it really meant to live a life according to the Scriptures and began a quest for a different expression of the Christian life. A year after this decision Roger reflected, “‘The defeat of France awoke powerful sympathy. If a house could be found there, of the kind I had dreamed of, it would offer a possible way of assisting some of those most discouraged, those deprived of a livelihood; and it could become a place of silence and work.’” Because his Swiss homeland was neutral and thus less affected by the war, he felt as if France would be ideal for his vision. For Roger, France was a “land of poverty, a land of wartime suffering, but a land of inner freedom.” He eventually settled in Taizé, which was a small desolate village just north of Cluny, the birthplace of western monasticism.

In September 1940, Roger purchased a small house that would eventually become the home of the Taizé community. Only miles south of the separation line that divided a war-torn country in half, Roger’s home became a sanctuary to countless war refugees seeking shelter. On November 11, 1942, the Gestapo occupied Roger’s house while he was in Switzerland collecting funds to aid in his refuge ministry. Roger was not able to return to his home in Taizé until the autumn of 1944, when France was liberated.

In 1941, Roger had published a few small brochures outlining several facets of a Christ-centred communal life together. These brochures prompted two young men to apply, soon followed by a third. They all lived in Switzerland in a flat owned by Roger’s family until after the war when they began a new life together in the French countryside. Over the next few years several other men would join the community. On Easter day 1949, seven brothers committed themselves^[2] to a life following Christ in simplicity, celibacy and community.^[3]

[edit]Growth of the community and current situation

Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé Community, shown at prayer in 2003

In the years that followed, others joined. In 1969 a young Belgian doctor became the first Catholic brother to pledge his life to the community in Taizé. More brothers from Reformed, Anglican and Roman Catholic backgrounds joined the community. Soon the Brothers of Taizé were making trips to take aid to people in both rural and urban areas.^[4] They began forming “fraternities” of brothers in other cities that sought to be “signs of the presence of Christ among men, and bearers of joy”. Since 1951, the brothers have lived, for longer or shorter periods, in small fraternities among the poor in India (chiefly Calcutta), Bangladesh, the Philippines, Algeria, Brazil, Kenya, Senegal, and the USA (Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, New York City).

At the age of 90, Brother Roger was murdered in 2005 in a knife attack by a mentally ill woman.^[5] Brother Roger's funeral was attended by several dignitaries including the president of Germany and numerous religious leaders. The presider at his funeral was a Catholic cardinal, Walter Kasper. The funeral was attended by approximately 10,000 people.^[6] [7]

At the end of 2010, the community was composed of about one hundred brothers, from Protestant and Catholic traditions^[8], who originate from about thirty countries across the world.^[9] The community is currently led by Brother Alois, a German-born Catholic, who had been appointed by Brother Roger before his death on August 16, 2005.

[edit]Engagement with youth culture

In the 1960s young people began to visit the Taizé community. The first international young adults meeting was organized in Taizé in 1966 with 1400 participants from 30 countries.^{[citation needed]}

The village church of Taizé, which had been used for the community's prayers, became too small to accommodate the pilgrims.^{[citation needed]} A new church, the Church of Reconciliation, was built in the early 1960s with the help of volunteers, and expanded several times in the subsequent decades, first with tents, and then with simple wooden annexes.

In 1970, in response to student protests taking place all over Europe and the world, as well as the Second Vatican Council, Brother Roger announced a "Council of Youth",^[10] whose main meeting took place in 1974.

At the end of the 1970s, the meetings and surrounding activities began to be referred to^[who?] as a "Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth". The community decided to focus on youth.^{[citation needed]}

Young adult meetings word wide: Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth

[edit]Regular European meetings

European Meeting 2007 in Geneva.

European Meeting 2007 in Geneva.

See also: List of cities hosting Taizé meetings

The Taizé Community attempts to send pilgrims back from youth meetings to their local churches, to their parishes, groups or communities, to undertake, with many others, a “Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth.”^[15] Every year around New Year (usually from 28 December to 1 January), a meeting in a large European city attracts several tens of thousands of young adults.^{[citation needed]} It is organized by brothers of the Taizé Community, sisters of St. Andrew, and young volunteers from all over Europe, and from the host city.

The participants stay with local families or in very simple group accommodations. In the morning, they take part in a program organized by the parish closest to their accommodation. For their midday meal, all participants travel to a central location, usually the local exposition halls. The meal is followed by a common prayer, and the afternoon is spent in workshops covering faith, art, politics and social topics. In the evening, everyone meets again for the evening meal and an evening prayer.

[edit]Regular international meetings

See also: List of cities hosting Taizé meetings

In his "Unfinished Letter",^[16] published after his death, Brother Roger is quoted to have proposed to "widen" the "Pilgrimage of Trust" originating from the Taizé community. As a result, international meetings for young adults have begun to take place, beginning with Kolkata in 2006. The program closely resembles the European meetings, though some aspects, such as the songs, are often adapted to the local culture.