Frère Roger

1989

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis zu Aachen 1989
Frère Roger
Gleichnis der Gemeinschaft

Vita

1915
1915
Born near Neuchatel, Switzerland
Theology degree from the Universities of Lausanne and Strasbourg
1935-1939
1935-1939
1940
1940
Subsidiary in Taizé, South Burgundy, France
The Taizé Community, a Protestant monastic order, was founded
1949
1949
1958
1958
Start of intensive dialogue with the Vatican
Invitation to the Second Vatican Council
1962
1962
1974
1974
Council of Youth at Taizé, over 40,000 participants
European pilgrimage in Munich with thousands of young people
1993
1993
2005
2005
deceased

Text of the Certificate of Honour

On Ascension Day, 4 May 1989, in the Coronation Hall of the Town Hall in Aachen, the former imperial palace, the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded to the founder of the Taizé Community, Brother Roger, in gratitude for his example of trust, reconciliation and community as a necessary foundation for the entire European unification.