Brother Alois, né Alois Löser (born June 11, 1954 in Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany) is the Prior of the Taizé Community who succeeded Brother Roger after the latter's death on August 16, 2005. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Nördlingen is a Town in the Donau-Ries district in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of 20000 Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Prior is a Title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier first' with several notable uses Frère Roger (Brother Roger ( Provence Switzerland, May 12, 1915 - Taizé, August 16, 2005) baptised Roger Louis Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Biography
Brother Alois was born in 1954 in Bavaria where his parents had settled after being expelled from Czechoslovakia after World War II as ethnic Germans. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He grew up in Stuttgart. Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Unlike his Protestant predecessor, Brother Roger, Brother Alois is a Catholic. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. As a teenager he was an altar-boy and a youth leader in St. Nikolaus parish in eastern Stuttgart. Later he studied theology in Lyon, though he never became a priest. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities When he first visited the Taizé Community, it impressed him deeply. He soon became a so-called permanent (a lay person living in Taizé for an extended period), then, in 1974, a member of the community. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
Brother Alois was chosen by Brother Roger as his successor in 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He became the prior of the community after the death of Brother Roger in 2005. In recent years, Brother Alois has represented the community in numerous public events and has given a large number of interviews. He is known for his musical talent and has written many of the newer Taizé songs which are sung throughout the world today.
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