Brother Roger
Roger Schutz, popularly known as Brother Roger, was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schutz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France, serving as its first prior until his murder in... Wikipedia
Born: May 12, 1915, Provence, Switzerland
Died: August 16, 2005 (age 90 years), Taizé, France
Awards: Templeton Prize and Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Books: His Love Is a Fire, Parable of community, Lutte et contemplation, and more
Nationality: Swiss
Parents: Amélie Henriette Marsauche and Karl Ulrich Schütz
Denomination: Reformed Christianity, later reconciliation with Catholicism