Column: Monks from France head to Pine Ridge Reservation

Each year, tens of thousands of young adults migrate to the small village of Taizé in central France to immerse themselves in song and prayer at a monastery.

Now the monks of the ecumenical Taizé community are taking that experience for the first time ever to a Native American reservation.

Three teams each, made up of Taizé brothers and volunteers, are traveling across South Dakota — sharing meals, conversation and prayer — while extending an invitation to young adults to attend the Taizé pilgrimage at Pine Ridge.