Spiritual Exploration Trips

Through the Religious & Spiritual Life Spiritual Exploration Trip program, students embark on transformative journeys, exploring new places and addressing complex issues.

Learn about their experiences, insights, and the lasting impact of spiritual exploration trips.

The Taizé, France Spiritual Exploration Trip

Every other year, a group of Davidson students and chaplains visit the ecumenical monastery in Taizé, France during Spring break.

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. For more information about the community itself, visit the Taizé website.