Imagine the scene. Silence. Church lights dim. On the altar table and the floor and steps around it, dozens of candles flicker, some atop pillars of pink and purple, the Advent colors. In pews, 50 or ...

Offered on a clear, cold winter night, the Taize prayer service in the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Motherhouse Chapel provided a space for refuge and peace. With a theme of “Jesus, Fill Us with Your ...

If Cass Davies can’t attend her monthly Taizé service, life doesn’t feel quite right. As soon as she steps into the church, lit with candles and filled with music, she feels tension slip away. An ...

During the season of Lent, a handful of area churches are fielding a call to Christian unity through Taize-style prayer services. In a spirit of ecumenism, Sister Hannah Vanorny, vocation director at ...

Finding a moment of quiet reflection within our busy lives can seem like a rare gift. Those seeking a collective moment of singing, prayer and meditation can find a peaceful service every month at St.

A few minutes before people arrived, the Rev. Manda Stack began to light the votive candles set around the church. From the sills of the stained glass windows, the piano top and altar, the candlelight ...

France has benefited the world in every area of human discovery and invention: the metric system, baguettes, the bikini and aspirin, to name a few. And in the world of spirituality, there is Taize. A ...

Even with 45,000 people -- mostly young adults -- gathered in St. Peter's Square, one could hear the sound of splashing water from the square's two decorative fountains. The hush was part of the ebb ...

Mar. 8—PLATTSBURGH — A Taizé Prayer Service will be held 7 p.m., Thursday, March 14, at Our Lady of Victory Church, 4917 South Catherine St., Plattsburgh. The service will be approximately 45 minutes.