Special to the Herald
All are invited to attend an ecumenical Taize prayer service this month, held every year in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
The Taize service will take place at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish on the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus.
According to a 2023 Hawaii Catholic Herald article by Jon James, the Taize prayer service is derived from a tradition adopted by the Taize Brothers in France.
The candlelit service includes sacred music, Scripture, prayer and reflection. As it comes to a close, participants kneel around a large Taize icon cross to pray in communion with the suffering around the world.
“Coming to the cross in this way is also a symbolic gesture of laying down and entrusting to God one’s own personal burdens which at times seem unbearable,” James wrote.
“Taize prayer is ecumenical and calls for all those who love Christ all across the earth to form in his steps, a large community of friendship whereby we can heal the wounds of humanity.”
Free parking is available at the former Saint Francis School campus, 2707 Pamoa Road. For more information, contact the diocesan Office of Worship at alguerrero@rcchawaii.org or (808) 585-3342.
Courtesy Dann Ebina / HCH file photo