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Thursday 26 March 2009

Chavagnes Nantes flights back on track thanks to KLM

Chavagnes Nantes flights are Back, this time from London City Airport (mich better and twice a day!) Thank-you KLM. thank-you Air France. and Thank God.

Flights start 27th April

Monday 23 March 2009

Friday 20 March 2009

Great Books Summer Course at Chavagnes with Anthony O'Hear

Check out our Great Books Summer Programme, a cultural holiday of a lifetime, from 26th July to 4th August at Chavagnes.

Boarding schools links

A Boarding schools directory blog has been mentioning Chavagnes, our Catholic boarding school for boys again. It regularly quotes Chavagnes as an example of a top boarding school, in order to drive traffic to its site (exclusively aimed at making money from Google advertising.) So our marketing strategy must be working ...

Wednesday 18 March 2009

Gifted and Talented at Chavages International College

Gifted and talented boys need plenty of intellectual stimulus and a background of emotional security.

Both areas in which small international study environments such as Chavagnes International College are particularly strong. Read more on the Catholic boarding schools blog ...

Friday 13 March 2009

Catholic boarding schools blog

http://catholicboarding.wordpress.com/ Catholic boarding schools blog with articles on boarding, single-sex education, youth spirituality and links to Chavagnes International College and La Bonne Nouvelle.

Wednesday 11 March 2009

Catholic internship programme

Chavagnes International College is accepting enquiries from young male graduates (or those hoping to graduate in summer 2009). Why not give a year or two of your life to God, in the cause of Catholic education.

- Join a congenial community of Masters, devoted to their teaching apostolate
- Participate in the daily communal life of the prayer of the collegiate community
- Train to be a teacher, with the possibility of formal teaching qualifications too ...
- Grow in holiness and maturity
- Learn or improve your French with regular lessons with a native speaker
- Deep your faith and knowledge of Catholic culture

If you are (or soon will be) a young male Catholic graduate, unsure which step to take next in life, but open to giving some time to one of the most important causes of our time, then look no further. Our Catholic internship programme could be just the thing for you.

Thursday 29 January 2009

Palestrina's Adoramus Te Christe (Chavagnes Choir)

Here the boys sing a Passiontide motet by Palestrina. One or two duff notes, but a fine effort.

Monday 26 January 2009

Chavagnes (Catholic boarding school for boys) on Vendee TV

The College has recently been featured on French local TV, in the context of a nationwide debate on school uniform. The French education minister, Xavier Darcoz, had suggested that a simple school uniform should be introduced into French schools.

You need to go to the Vendee TV site, click on Le Journal and then select the broadcast of 'le 22 janvier'.

Saturday 24 January 2009

New links for Chavagnes Catholic boarding school for boys

www.boardingschools.catholic-education.eu : Single-sex Catholic boarding schools for boys and girls; links, articles, comment.

http://www.chavagnes.catholicstudyabroad.com/ Study at Chavagnes: a Guide for non-European students and students from the USA.

http://boardingschools.catholicstudyabroad.com/ Site for potential Chavagnes students from the USA and other long-haul locations. Includes programme of vacation travel to site of cultural interest around Europe.

So, in summary Catholic Boarding Schools Information, and two sites offering a fantastic study abroad opportunity for those seeking a Catholic High School Study Abroad Program.

Tuesday 20 January 2009

Professor Anthony O'Hear to give course at Chavagnes

I am delighted to confirm the participation of Professor Anthony O'Hear as the main tutor at the Chavagnes Great Books Summer Course 2009. Professor O'Hear is Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Garston Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham and Head of Buckingham University's School of Education.

The 1o-day course, from 26th July to 4th August will introduce to participants to Professor O'Hear's selection of the most important figures in the western literary tradition from Homer to the modern age. Our study of some of the greatest and most creative minds of human history, which has been called 'the great conversation', will inform and inspire all lovers of culture during what promises to be a literary and cultural holiday to remember.

Evening entertainments, good French food and wine, and visits to local sites of cultural interest will complete this cultural house party in the heart of rural France, in the company of some leading British and American scholars: writer Denis Boyles; co-editor of Saint Austin Review Robert Asch ; and Principal and Founder of Chavagnes International College, Ferdi McDermott.

The standard price for the 10-day course, including bed and board, is 850 euros per person, based on twin or double rooms. Contact Ferdi McDermott at greatbooks@chavagnes.org for more information or to reserve your place.

Thursday 15 January 2009

Discover the Great Books: a summer course on the classics of western literature

At Chavagnes this summer, from 26th July to 4th August, experience a veritable cultural epiphany during a ten-day course of study of the Great Books of western literature.

- Seminars with a faculty of distinguished lecturers
- Discussion and readings from the texts
- Theatrical and musical entertainment
- Visits to local cultural and historical sites
- Great food, wine and company
- A cultural holiday to remember ...