Brother Roger

The more a believer wishes to live the absolute call of God, the more essential it is to do so in the heart of human distress.

Frère Roger (Brother Roger) (12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005), baptised Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, was the founder and prior of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community.

Quotes

• The more a believer wishes to live the absolute call of God, the more essential it is to do so in the heart of human distress.
  • The Sources of Taizé (2000), p. 79

External links

• "Brother Roger, 90, Dies; Ecumenical Leader" by Marlise Simons in The New York Times (18 August 2005)
• Memorial Page for Brother Roger at FindaGrave