Our Associates are having their monthly gathering this week. Associates are women and men who desire to share their faith journeys with the Sisters of St. Joseph. This Saturday some members of our Vocation Team will talk about Taizé prayer with our Associates and will provide an opportunity to experience prayer in the spirit of Taizé. Since last July, our Vocation Team has been offering Taizé prayer each month. We’ve advertised it on our website, in local papers, parish bulletins, and the Archdiocesan Catholic paper. This simple form of Christian prayer centered on scripture, silence, and song is based on daily prayer of the Taizé Community in France. Participants come from around the Archdiocese of Boston and join with us in this profound prayer experience. This is a picture of how the altar in our Motherhouse chapel was set up for the prayer.
Some of us have had the opportunity to actually visit Taizé in France during October, 2006 and April, 2008 while we were on a pilgrimage to parts of France where the Sisters of St. Joseph began over 350 years ago. Our visit to Taizé was brief but we were able to join in prayer with thousands of young people from all over the world. The come for a week at a time to be part of this powerful experience of ecumenical and multi-lingual prayer.
Our effort to offer this form of prayer at our Motherhouse is still in its beginning stages. However, we have received enthusiastic and positive responses from those who have joined with us.
You can learn more about this and how to participate in our next evening of Taizé prayer at:
http://www.csjboston.org/NEWS_Upcoming_Events.htm
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