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prior to Taize, there has been Grandchamp. The lesser-known Protestant women's neighborhood, initiated in 1936, grew out of generations of women's teams in French-speaking Switzerland. It used to be seriously stimulated by means of Wilfred Monod, the coed Christian stream, Swiss Reformed efforts at liturgical renewal, and Bonhoeffer's existence jointly. It used to be deeply tormented by the angst generated by way of global struggle II and the quest by means of eu Christians for brand new how you can be Christian.
This quantity via the 3rd prioress of the group of Grandchamp in Switzerland displays at the origins of the neighborhood, the assets and improvement of its spirituality, and on its ministries. Foci comprise the involvement of the neighborhood within the ecumenical stream and in undertaking all over the world. there's additionally very important new information regarding its interplay with Taize, Catholic non secular groups, and the ladies themselves, as members and as a community.
Sister Minke de Vries additionally presents an intimate view into the internal workings of a women's neighborhood and the buildings of the non secular practices of the neighborhood of Grandchamp. The end result of Grace is a robust research of a ecu Protestant women's monastic community.

"Sister Minke's ebook, the fruit of her lengthy years at Grandchamp, is a relocating testimony to the fantastic spirit of forgiveness, reconciliation, and striving for team spirit that animates this excellent group of Protestant monastic ladies. It touched me deeply."
--Thomas P. Rausch, SJ, Loyola Marymount University
 
"The groups of Taize and Grandchamp have a lot in universal. Born from a similar milieu, their leaders drew upon each other as they shaped and matured as completely ecumenical groups. This translation of Sr. Minke's account of the expansion and improvement of Grandchamp, provided the following by way of Dr. Nancy Gower, knowledgeable at the formation and development of Taize, brings new perception into their relationship."
--Cecil M. Robeck Jr., Fuller Theological Seminary
 
"The account of Sister Minke de Vries offers an incredible perception into the restoration of monasticism in the church buildings of the Reformation. Her own standpoint because the 3rd prioress of the group of Grandchamp supplies us an perception into the evolution of the neighborhood in the course of a interval of in depth renewal and ecumenical come upon. Nancy Gower's well-documented advent offers a window into the origins of the neighborhood within the confluence of activities that still gave upward thrust to the groups of Taize and Pomeyrol. This paintings is a welcome contribution to the background of monasticism and of ecumenical spirituality."
--Catherine E. Clifford, Saint Paul collage, Ottawa

Minke de Vries turned the 3rd prioress of the neighborhood of Grandchamp in 1970.

Nancy S. Gower is a historian of Protestant non secular groups in Europe and an Oblate at Saint Andrew's Abbey, Valyermo, California.