St. Thomas’ celebrates a Taizé Eucharist every Sunday at 5 p.m. This evening contemplative Eucharist uses contemporary liturgies, inclusive language, and Taizé music, often accompanied by recorder and cello. The service also includes lay homilies from members of St. Thomas' who share their messages of living life practicing a relevant faith.

The Taizé Community, an ecumenical Christian monastic order in France, has spawned a unique style of worship music that reflects the meditative nature of the community. Taizé music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon, which is intended to aid in meditation and prayer.

The founder of the community, Frère Roger said, “Nothing is more conducive to a communion with the living God than a meditative common prayer with, as its high point, singing that never ends and that continues in the silence of one’s heart when one is alone again.”

Learn more about the Taizé community.

View photos of Taizé services at St. Thomas' Parish.