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There are many devotions in the style of Taizé, but now an international meeting of the cross -church community is to take place for the first time in Osnabrück.The weekend is scheduled from October 10th to 12th, 2025. Matthew von Fintel from the organization team expects around 150 participants.Registrations have already been received from England and the Netherlands, and many come from Germany. Also interlersant: young people from Emsland visit Taizé In Taizé - a village in western France - the reformed Pastor Roger Schutz ("Frère Roger") founded an ecumenical order shortly after the Second World War and led it until his murder 2005. Thousands of young people come together every year to pray together and gain spiritual experiences.The 48th European youth meeting in Paris is planned at the turn of 2025/26. All Osnabrückers are invited The weekend in Osnabrück can now be seen as a pre -meeting for the Paris event.It includes joint prayers in the Katharinenkirche, rounds of conversation and workshops.Young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 are addressed, but all other Osnabrückers are also invited to the public prayers.The highlight is the "Night of Lights" on Saturday, October 11th, at 7.30 p.m., also in St. Katharinen.Host families are still being sought. Recommended external content At this point you will find a relevant content of an external platform that complements the article.You can have it displayed with one click and hide it again.External content Charging with activation of the checkbox, you agree that the content of an external provider will be invited.Personal data can be transmitted to third -party providers.For more information, see our data protection information At this point you will find a relevant content of an external platform that complements the article.You can have it displayed with one click and hide it again. In addition to Matthew von Fintel, who studies law in Osnabrück, other former Taizé drivers are preparing the meeting on a voluntary basis.The handling runs through the Evangelical Student Community (ESG) of Pastor Helga Kramer, who praises "the super initiative" of the volunteers. Protection concept and awareness team And what about the prevention of sexual violence?After all, Taizé, like many ecclesiastical institutions, is criticized for abuse cases.According to the community, various accusations have now been raised against 14 brothers, one was convicted in 2024 for the possession of so -called child pornography.Frère Roger - founder and charismatic cover - is said to have done too little against black sheep in his herd. Roger Schutz (1915-2005) was the founder and first prior of the "Communauté de Taizé", an international ecumenical order of men who is known for his youth meetings.Photo: dpa/janek Skarzynski icon Maximize icon lightbox maximize This is reminiscent of this in an email to our editorial team.In view of the fact that Taizé continues to organize meetings all over the world.How do the community make sure that all participants are safe in Osnabrück? The student community's protection concept will be taken over for the event, Matthew von Fintel replies.In addition, the host families have to sign them with commitments.Pastor Kramer says that during the weekend a trained Awareness team is permanently accessible-a hopefully unnecessary precaution.