Next Taizé Service

September 19, 2008
at 7 pm in the Church
No Taizé Service on August 15 due to the
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Holy Day of Obligation

Saint Celestine offers an opportunity for prayer, meditation, and song during a Taizé Prayer Service from 7 to 8 pm each third Friday of the month, in the church. We reflect on the words of the scriptures and psalms, using the beautiful chants of the Taizé Community. We allow our evening prayer to grow from the silence observed prior to the service, and use the flickering of candles to focus our minds on the love of our God expressed in Jesus, his beloved Son.

Taizé Prayer is an ecumenical service developed in 1940 by a religious community in the town of Taizé, France. One of the group's principal works is the fostering of unity among all Christian denominations, so please plan to come and invite your friends or neighbors of other faiths to join us.

If you can help with the environment - decorating the church for the service and / or returning the church to its original state after the service - we need you! We should also like to encourage anyone who wishes to participate as a reader or musician (we would particularly love to have experienced string players) to contact Barbara Mares at 708-453-2555.

You can find more information about Taizé Prayer at http://www.taize.fr/en.