Frere Roger killed (Taize Community) - August 2005

Subject: BS: Frere Roger killed
From: Wolfgang
Date: 16 Aug 05 - 05:46 PM

The news come in that Frere Roger, co-founder of the ecumenical community of Taize, aged 90, has been murdered.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Frere Roger killed
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Aug 05 - 06:27 PM

Religious leader killed during prayer

That's shocking news. I known it's a truism to say the right thing to respond to this kind of thing is to take it as an opportuinity to celebrate a life rather than mourn a death, but truisms are only truisms because they are true.

Here's a link to the Taizé web site.

Subject: RE: BS: Frere Roger killed
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Aug 05 - 07:19 PM

In the light of the Taizé Psalms and Chants, I think this thread really belongs up in the music section.

Here's a link to a site with some sound files (in French and in Latin, as it happens).

Subject: RE: BS: Frere Roger killed
From: Amos
Date: 16 Aug 05 - 07:32 PM

What a shame. Seems a decent and goodly man, to be done in by a nutball.

A

Subject: RE: Frere Roger killed
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 17 Aug 05 - 04:34 AM

Music-related?

Subject: RE: Frere Roger killed
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 17 Aug 05 - 05:18 AM

A pity indeed - I have a wonderful CD of the Taize hymns and chants that I can put on when realy stressed - Usualy takes about 2 minutes to sort me out:-) The Taize community was a brilliant idea by the good Frere and could be used as a model to bring religious unity elsewhere. I was about to speculate as to what kind of person would kill this man but I just read it was someone who was mentaly disturbed. Doesn't make it any better but at least it does seem to be nothing more than an unfortunate event:-(

DtG

Subject: RE: Frere Roger killed
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 17 Aug 05 - 08:29 AM

Yes, Greycap, very much music related. If you've never come across the Taizé music, you've a treat coming.

Subject: RE: Frere Roger killed
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 17 Aug 05 - 08:32 AM

I stand corrected and humbled

Subject: RE: Frere Roger killed
From: John Minear
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 07:36 AM

Brother Roger, and his Taize community, probably did more good for the Christian faith than any other single individual or community in the 20th century, in terms of renewal, community, theology, service to the poor, work with young people, liturgy, and ecumenicity. If there is to be a Christian faith worthy of the name in the 21st century, it will spring from the kinds of work that he did and inspired others to do. His bizarre and tragic death can only be compared to that of Thomas Merton, back in 1968.

Subject: RE: Frere Roger killed
From: Flash Company
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 12:05 PM

One can perhaps expect to die at 90, but to be murdered at 90 is particularly sad! No one deserves that, and a good man like this one certainly does not.
I hope that he is standing at God's right hand now.
FC