Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen

Bergoglio chose “Francis” as his name, which is the first time in papal history that this name has been used. Along with Pope John Paul I, it is one of only two times since Pope Lando‘s brief reign in 913, that a serving pope held a name unused by a predecessor. He is both the first Jesuit priest and the first native of the Americas to be elected Pope. He is also the first non-European pope since the 8th century.

With the name Francis comes a signal of another new departure. No pope has ever before taken the name of the great saint of the poor, Francis of Assisi.  Bergoglio is known for his commitment to social justice and his championing of the poor of his native Argentina in the midst of a global economic crisis whose cost fell mostly upon the shoulders of the most vulnerable and poor.Pope Francis I, is a humble man who moved out of his bishop’s palace and into a simple apartment. He gave up his chauffeur-driven car and takes the bus to work as well as cooking his own meals.

- A week’s pilgrimage to Taizé open to year 10 students from the 13th to the 22nd July 2013.

To find out more – please follow the links below or contact Mr Emerson.

   “An Evening Inspired by Taize” – 15th March 2013

   Taize Community Website