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 ...