More about Taizé worship (From the Taize Community website) 

Taizé, a small town in Burgundy, France, is the home of an international, ecumenical community, founded there in 1940 by Brother Roger.  The brothers are committed to material and spiritual sharing, and to a great simplicity of life.  Today the community is made up of over a hundred brothers, Catholics and from various Protestant backgrounds, from more than twenty-five nations. The ecumenical nature of this group is unusual.  Very few monasteries draw from both Catholic and Protestant traditions.  Another noted difference is the steady stream of young pilgrims that arrive here on a daily basis.  Taizé  is an international pilgrimage site for thousands of teenagers and young adults from around the world.   At the heart of daily life in Taizé are the three times of prayer with brothers and those who journey to visit and worship there.  The brothers live by their own work. They do not accept gifts or donations for themselves. Some of the brothers are living in small groups – “fraternities” - among the very poor.

Since the late 1950s, many thousands of young adults from many countries have found their way to Taize to take part in weekly meetings of prayer and reflection.  In addition, Taizé brothers make visits and lead meetings large and small in Africa, North and South America, Asia, and in Europe, as a part of a “pilgrimage of trust on earth.”