Schutz, Roger

(b. 1915)

   Order Founder.

   Schutz was educated at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He came to believe that some form of monasticism was needed within Protestantism and, to that end, after the Second World War he founded a community at Taizé. The Taizé monks are a truly ecumenical community and are drawn from a variety of denominational backgrounds including Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. The monks recite the office three times a day and run a farm, a printing press and an extensive guest house. They are known for their work with young people and Taizé itself has become a place of pilgrimage.

   P.L. Moore, Tomorrow is Too Late: Taizé, An Experiment in Christian Community (1970).