June 2013 Bishop’s Notebook page 3 Feature Story page 4 Diocesan News page 6 From the Field page 8 Around the Diocese back cover Connections: home… parish… diocese Taizé… in song and silence The Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is to encourage and equip one another as baptized people of God, to witness to the transforming and reconciling power of Jesus Christ. Welcome to the June 2013 issue of Connections: home… parish… diocese. We will accept submissions for Connections from throughout the diocese. The Episcopal Church As space permits, we will use as much content as possible, subject to editorial revision. Short announcements of 100 words or less may be sent In the Anglican Communion via email to [email protected]. For feature-length stories, contact us in A global communion of the diocesan office at 615-251-3322. 70 million Anglicans in 38 member provinces Digital photos can be submitted as above and must include activity, date and identities of everyone in the photo. 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Clergy in modern There are some basic “cues” to receiv- municants prefer to receive the conse- times have been known to be plagued ing Holy Communion in the Episcopal crated bread directly on their tongues. by stress but very rarely by communi- Church, a tradition to cable disease, which would seem to “how we do things” The consecrated wine is received in a undercut fears about hygiene. that varies from place variety of ways in Episcopal par- to place in its details ishes. The most common way, and Finally, it is an important cue if re- but which still bears the most traditionally Anglican, is ceiving at an altar rail to remain a family resemblance for each communicant to drink di- where you are until the next commu- no matter what parish rectly from the chalice. Others prac- nicant has received from the cup. we belong to. tice intinction, dipping the conse- Communion is something we do to- crated bread in the chalice, done ei- gether without rushing off or jos- Practice differs in different places as ther by the minister of communion or tling at the rail. It’s also an old cus- to whether communion is received by the communicant. Policies for this tom to make the sign of the cross kneeling or standing, but a reverent are set by parishes, not individuals, before and after receiving commun- and humble approach to the Blessed and approved by the bishop, but eve- ion. “Amen” is also appropriate af- Sacrament is common to both. It is an ryone should have a chance to drink ter the minister of communion says old tradition dating back at least to from the chalice. Communicants the words of administration to each the fourth century to distribute the should bear in mind that the Eucha- communicant: the Christian’s “so consecrated bread into the hands, one ristic bread is to be dipped, not be it” in the face of the real pres- placed under the other in order to dunked, in the chalice: communi- ence of Christ. — Bishop John make a throne for Christ. In any case, cants who want more wine than that the hands should be held level as the will need to drink from the cup! www.edtn.org Connections June 2013 3 born Catholic. More than 100,000 peo- ple make the trek to Taizé from all around the world each year for prayers, Bible study and communal work, en- couraged to live in kindness, simplicity of reconciliation. Some choose to attend Peace and Tranquility In 1966, the first international meeting in silence. was organized with 1400 young adults from thirty countries in attendance. Worship traditions include prayers and Through Song & Prayer silence, songs and chants. The music An ecumenical monastic order, the A Belgian doctor became the first uses simple phrases such as lines from Taizé Community was founded by Catholic brother in 1969, and more Re- the Psalms or other scripture repeated Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, a prot- formed, Anglican and Roman Catholics and sung in canon in a meditative fash- estant pastor from Switzerland. In 1940, joined the community. ion. Early Taizé music was conceived during WWII, he rode a bicycle from by Jacques Bertier; later Joseph Ge- Geneva to Taizé, a small town in unoc- As the whole world was changing, and lineau became a major contributor. cupied France, about 240 miles south- in response to student protests in Europe east of Paris. and elsewhere, Brother Roger estab- The times of silence are meant for each lished the “Council of Youth” which person to reach their own peaceful com- Brother Roger purchased a small met in 1974. Time Magazine reported munion with God. Though it can be house that became a sanctuary to Jew- on the event, stating that 20,000 people difficult to quiet the mind of the day-to- ish refugees but was he forced to had registered in the tent bearing the day worries, silence allows God’s word leave Taizé. When he returned in sign “Taizé Community Welcome Bu- to reach the heart. 1944 after France was liberated, he reau.” By the late ‘70s, these events formed the Taizé Community which, were referred to as “Pilgrimage of Trust Churches in the United States have, for at that time, was comprised of a small on Earth.” These Pilgrimages continue many years, incorporated elements of group of men living together in pov- to this day. Each year around New Taizé style of worship, and in 2012, for erty and obedience. Year’s Day, in a large European city, the first time, the brothers of the Taizé tens of thousands of young adults community, brought the conference to On Easter day, 1949, seven men com- gather, staying with local families or the US. DePaul University in Chicago mitted themselves to following a life of camping nearby. They participate in was host to several thousand young simplicity, celibacy and community. programs and workshops on faith, art, adults seeking answers to questions of Since 1951, brothers have lived among politics and social concerns. life and faith. the poor in India, Bangladesh, the Phil- ippines, Algeria, Brazil, Kenya, Senegal In an article for Huffington Post, and the United States. Brother Emile was quoted, saying, “Young people, I think, feel respected Guidelines for the community were at Taizé. They’re welcome to come written by Brother Roger in the “Rule with their questions and their doubts. of Taizé,” published in French in 1954 And they’re very relieved sometimes and still in print in many languages. to feel that there's a place for them as they are.” In the 1960s, the Taizé Community became a point of pilgrimage for Some church leaders feel that the Taizé young people. It wasn’t long before movement is attracting young Chris- the village church became too small to In 2005, Brother Roger was murdered tians, possibly reversing that genera- accommodate all the visitors. Church in a knife attack by a mentally ill tion’s falling attendance.