Free Taize Prayer and Concert April 3, 2013, at St. Joseph Chapel, Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE - March 25, 2013 - PRLog -- The School Sisters of St. Francis invite everyone to the historic St. Joseph Chapel on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, for “The Beatitudes: Living Christ’s Call in the Maze of Daily Life.” The event is free and open to the public.

Using the ecumenical prayer style of the brothers of Taize, France, there will be readings, songs, silent reflection and prayers of intercession and adoration beginning at 6 p.m.  At 6:45, harpist Chloe Tula will extend the prayer, leading listeners more deeply into the joy, simplicity, mercy and hope of Christian life.

Chloe is a Delafield, Wisconsin, native and a senior at Kettle Moraine High School.  She started taking harp lessons at the age of 10, and holds the position of principal harpist in Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Senior Symphony and Chamber Orchestra ensembles.  Last year, she won the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Stars of Tomorrow Concerto Competition, and this March, she will be performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in a live PBS broadcast.

Of preparing for the “Beatitudes” concert, Chloe says, “I’ve had a lot of joy in selecting a repertoire for this program.  I’ve picked a broad selection of things—some very classical pieces, and a more contemporary piece I chose because it’s about walking through a church, and it goes from being somber to joyful, which I think captures the spiritual experience.”

The focus of both the prayer and the concert will be “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for holiness; they shall have their fill.”

St. Joseph Chapel is located at 27th and Greenfield (1501 S. Layton Blvd.) in Milwaukee. Free parking is available in the lot behind St. Joseph Center, accessible on 29th and Orchard (Alexia Circle entrance). For more information, visit www.sssf.org