Monks and Students Meet the Monks - St. John's Abbey

An Outstanding
Autumn Event
The annual Dignitas Humana
Award will be presented to the
Taizé Community at 8 p.m. on
October 22 in the Saint John’s Abbey
Church. Presented by the Saint John’s School of
TheologySeminary, the award honors those who
strive to advance the human dignity of all persons.
Recipients of the award exemplify the Benedictine
values of service, respect, kindness and compassion.
Brother Roger (members do not use last names) is
the founder of the Taizé Community. Born in Switzerland,
Roger settled in this southern French village in
1940 and began to welcome refugees fl eeing the war.
After the war a few brothers joined him and helped
take care of boys orphaned by the war and German
prisoners of war interned nearby.
On Easter Day, 1949, the fi rst brothers committed
themselves to celibacy, material and spiritual sharing
and simplicity of life. Today the Taizé Community
numbers over one hundred brothers of various religious
denominations and from more than twenty-fi ve
nations.
PO Box 2015
Collegeville, MN 56321-2015
www.saintjohnsabbey.org
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Above: The brothers of
Taizé and their guests pray
in silence and song.
Right: Brother Roger,
founder of Taizé
Some weeks in the summer more than fi ve thousand
young people from seventy-fi ve different countries
join with the Community to pray together, study the
Bible, and discuss with other youths from around the
world in a climate of openness and listening. Participants
discover that roads to unity can be opened
amid the diversity of cultures and Christian traditions
as they become creators of trust and peace in a world
wounded by divisions, violence and isolation.
This event is free and open to the public.
Nonprofit
Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Saint John’s Abbey