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4 unusual facts about Taizé Community


Gabrielle Lord

It was an instant success and, with the money from the film rights, she was able to leave paid employment in 1983 and return to full-time writing.Ellison, Jennifer (1986) Rooms of their own, Ringwood, Penguin, p. 202Lord's other interests include animal welfare, and a type of spirituality that is manifested in appreciation of the music of the Taizé Community, a spiritual community in France.Gabrielle Lord likes cats She lives in a Sydney beach-side suburb.

Taizé Community

He eventually settled in Taizé, which was a small desolate village just north of Cluny, the site of a historically influential Christian monastic foundation.

The Sisters of St. Andrew live in the neighboring village Ameugny.

Taizé, Saône-et-Loire

In Taizé lives the Taizé Community, a monastic, ecumenical, international community founded in 1940 by Frère Roger, which has today just over 100 brothers from many different countries and from different Christian traditions.


Eton College Chapel

Eton College Chapel is in frequent use, with at least one service a day, and many additional services which are in popular demand, ranging from Taizé to Roman Catholic Communion, to Compline.

Ubi caritas

The well-known Taizé chant by Jacques Berthier (1978) uses only the words of the refrain, with verses taken from I Corinthians 13:2-8.


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