Journals of Brother Roger of Taizé, Volume 2: 1969–1972
Ebook
This is the second volume of the personal journals of Roger Schutz-Marsauche (1915-2005), known as Brother Roger, the founder and first prior of the Taize Community in France, an ecumenical monastic community that strives to live as a "parable of community" in a divided world. Taize is known especially for its music and contemplative style of worship, and as a place where tens of thousands of young Christians flock each year to spend a time of prayer and reflection.
This volume covers the years from 1969 to 1972 and is centered on the genesis and first preparations of a "Council of Youth." The project was inspired by the crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, and the slowdown of ecumenism after the glowing hopes kindled in the wake of the Council. It was an attempt to take seriously the aspirations of the younger generation and orient them in a positive direction. Brother Roger also talks in these pages about the ongoing life of the community, his personal spiritual journey, and many important encounters that took place in those eventful years.
“Countless lives have been touched and transformed by the ministry of the Taizé Community and its founder. Now translated into English, this second volume of Brother Roger’s journal is a treasure trove of personal reflections and spiritual insights that will inspire you and make your heart sing.”
—Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church
“This second volume of Brother Roger’s journal reflects the evolution of mission ‘on the Hill’ of Taizé and the growth of concern for youth. It can nourish all of us in the daily searching for faith and fullness. As Brother Roger wrote in his own turbulent times as he reflected on faith in our lives: ‘We have nothing to fear.’”
—Simone Campbell, SSS, 2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
“The second volume of Brother Roger’s diary plunges us into the years 1969–72 when the ‘Taizé desert’ began to bloom with the arrival of hundreds of young people in preparation for the ‘Council of Youth.’ It bears witness to the sorrows, troubles, dramas, disappointments of life, both in the world and in the church, to the difficulties and disenchantments of ecumenism, and brings the good news from the perspective of joy, hope, and love anchored in Christ.”
—Job Getcha, Eastern Orthodox metropolitan of Pisidia
- Title: Journals of Brother Roger of Taizé, Volume 2: 1969–1972
- Author: Brother Roger Of Taize
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666761238, 9781666761221, 1666761222, 9781666761214, 1666761214, 1666761230
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666761238
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-28T19:44:23Z