Weekly Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. Taizé Zoom prayer, Columbia Presbyterian Church, 711 South Columbia Drive, Decatur, 30030.  https://cpcdecatur.com/online-worship-links/

Monday, October 16, 8:00  p.m., Cathedral of Saint Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA.https://www.stphilipscathedral.org. There is a monthly labyrinth walk from 7:00-8:00 before the prayer. An introduction to how to walk the labyrinth is at 6:30.

Tuesday, September 26, 7:00 p.m., Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church, 471 Mt. Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. Labyrinth available during prayer.

Replay of Together Ecumenical Prayer Vigil in Rome: For those of you who missed the Taizé Ecumenical Prayer vigil in Rome last month, you can watch it on YouTube here. Br. Emile hosts the video broadcast and shares about his journey to become a brother and other details about the prayer. The first half includes beautiful words from refugees and immigrants, a dramatization, symbolic offerings, musical performances and gifts brought to the gathering. The second half is the Taize prayer with scripture readings. It is well worth watching in these times of needed hope.

**BROTHER EMILE VISITS USA THIS FALL** If you know anyone who would like to join in any of the meetings, retreats and prayers listed below, please spread the word. Most are open to the public.

Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Annapolis From 15 to 24 October 2023, in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore, Annapolis area. The following events are open to the public:

Tuesday, October 17, 10.30 am,  Bible Study Fairlington UMC, 3900 King St., Alexandria, VA, and at 7pm, Evening Prayer, at Fairlington UMC, 3900 King St. Alexandria, VA, Wednesday, October 18, 7pm, Evening Prayer at Foundry UMC, 1500 16th St. NW,  Washington, D.C. 20036. Thursday, October 19, 5pm Evening Prayer at Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave, Frederick, MD 2170Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm : Noon Prayer with Christians from various church denominations in Annapolis at First Presbyterian Church, 171 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, MD 21401. Sunday, October 22, 6.30 pm , Evening prayer and conversation at  St. Stephen’s Martyr Catholic Church, 2436 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20037. Monday, October 23, 6.30 pm : Evening Prayer at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 3513 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007

Princeton, New Jersey – Tuesday, October 24, 7 pm, Evening Prayer at Nassau Presbyterian Church, Nassau’s Sanctuary, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

New York City – Thursday, October 26, Manhattan, New York City,  Noon prayer at James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary from 12;00PM to 12:45PM, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. Open to the public. Thursday, October 26,  Brooklyn, New York, 7 pm: Park Slope United Methodist, 410 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226.  “Join the Park Slope & Gowanus community in welcoming our new migrant neighbors with a night of food, hospitality, and community. Food, cooked by our new neighbors, will be available from 7pm-8pm. 8pm. Evening Prayer. Friday, October 27, 8 pm: An evening at Maryhouse Catholic Worker,  55 E 3rd St., New York, NY 10003A. This evening will include prayer, reflections, Q&A, and also refreshments. Contact for these and other NYC events: Liam Meyers: myers.liamg@gmail.com

New Jersey– Sunday, October 29, 7 pm,  Evening Prayer at Holy Trinity Church, 506 Westfield Ave, Westfield NJ 07090. 

San Francisco and Bay Area – From 30 October to 6 November. Various activities to be announced, but the main event is a full Taizé weekend (retreat) for young adults between the ages of 21 and 40, from 3 to 5th November in San Francisco. Write to taizesf2023@gmail.com and the organizers of the weekend will send you the flyer. This is how the group of young adults in San Francisco preparing the event has presented the weekend: “Our retreat location, the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity home, is located in the Mission of San Francisco, one of the oldest settlements in the city. The neighborhood is home to a diverse immigrant population, a unique mixture of faith, popular religiosity, and politics, and is a microcosm of some of the extreme inequalities and pressing social justice issues facing the Bay Area, which the retreat will reflect upon.

Seattle, WA – From 6 to 8 November. Tuesday, November 7, Seattle University, 7 pm prayer  in the chapel of St. Ignatius, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122. Wednesday, November 8, 7.30 pm Prayer followed by conversation at Epiphany church (Episcopal) , 1805 38th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, www.epiphanyseattle.org

Victoria, B.C. (Canada) (I’m including this for the Americans who live nearby). Thursday, November 9th, 7.30 pm Evening Prayer at Saint John’s, United church, 10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove, B.C.

Spokane, WA – Tuesday, November 14, from 11am to 11.30am,  Prayer at Seeley Mudd Chapel, Whitworth University, 300 West Hawthorne Road, Spokane, Washington, 99251, 7 pm, Evening Prayer at Seeley Mudd Chapel, Whitworth University, 300 West Hawthorne Road, Spokane, Washington, 99251.