Mission Trips & Pilgrimages

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Over the course of their time at Davidson, members of Canterbury are given the opportunity to participate in both an international/domestic mission trip and a pilgrimage to the Taize Community in France.  The mission trip and pilgrimage take place in alternating years.​

​The mission trips provide students the opportunity to participate in meaningful outreach projects that reflect Jesus' call to "love your neighbor as yourself".  In recent years  there have been mission trips to Costa Rica, where the Episcopal Diocese of NC has a companion relationship, and to Eastern NC to provide hands-on support to hurricane recovery efforts.  These trips are sponsored and organized by Canterbury.         

​The biennial trip to the ecumenical monastery in Taizé, France is jointly sponsored and organized by the Chaplain's Office and Canterbury. Brother Roger Schutz founded this monastic community in the 1940s as a place of reconciliation and welcome. He sought to foster community, simplicity, silence, and opportunities to encounter a God of love. Today, the monks of Taizé host tens of thousands of young adults from all over the world and all faith traditions, for a week-long experience of spiritual exploration and practice: contemplative worship, silence, and scripture study, as well as casual conversations and daily work alongside diverse peers from many countries and cultures.