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Chavagnes International College

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Education

Music plus reflections on faith and culture from a seat of Catholic learning since the 13th century. Chavagnes International College was first a medieval Benedictine monastery, then a seminary in the wake of the French Revolution and now an international Catholic boarding school for boys with its own Liberal Arts university college.Our podcast includes music from our liturgy (mostly the boys' choir singing chant and sacred polyphony, with some Bach and Mozart), plus talks from conferences and study days, fascinating interviews and much else besides.

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Episodes

  1. Chavagnes Screech Owl

    Recorded 7.50pm, 4th March 2021. We hear him calling for hours from spring onwards... he seems to alternate with ordinary owls.

  2. Nighttime at Chavagnes

    The natural sounds at midnight in March 2021 ... owls, moorhens and cows.

  3. “Arthur Rimbaud: Catholicism and the Art of Blasphemy”, Robert Asch.

    “Arthur Rimbaud: Catholicism and the Art of Blasphemy”, Robert Asch. A talk delivered at the Chavagnes 2020 Summer Conference (online.)

  4. “Charles Péguy, the French Catholic Revival and a little girl called Hope”, Ferdi McDermott.

    Following calls from recent popes to a rediscovery of the theological virtue of hope, this paper examines a poem dealing specifically with that subject, by Charles Péguy, a French poet who died in 1914 in the early fighting of the First World War. He is a key figure of what has been called the...

  5. “Black Butterflies: the Life and Work of Olive Custance, Lady Alfred Douglas”, Ferdi McDermott.

    OLIVE CUSTANCE WAS the long-suffering wife of Lord Alfred Douglas, the beautiful young man over whom Oscar Wilde lost his reputation, livelihood and family. But at the same time Lord Alfred was holding court in Oxford, his future wife, Olive, was already holding court in London. She ventured into...

  6. The Young Masters 2 : Nostalgia

    Join me, Ferdi McDermott, Headmaster of Chavagnes, for a friendly chat about the good old days, with a gathering of young friends, and of course (especially for this subject) some of my oldest and best friends ... Let's talk about nostalgia. Is it innate in man? Is there a gene for it? Or is it a...

  7. The Young Masters 1 : The French Revolution

    Headmaster Ferdi McDermott asks the Young Masters of Chavagnes International College "What was the point of the French Revolution and did it succeed?" Featuring Philip Marshall (Durham and Oxford), Keir Martland (Cambridge), Charles Eric Lorin (McGill), Antoine Bureau (Ecole Normale Supérieure de...

  8. Thoughts on the Philosophy of Education, Professor Anthony O'Hear OBE

    Professor Anthony O'Hear asks why do we educate? And then he explores the arguments for the defence of Liberal Arts education in today's world. Recorded at the 2019 Chavagnes Summer Conference. http://www.chavagnes.org/conferences

  9. Chavagnes on Vatican Radio : interview with Ferdi McDermott and three boys from the College

    In an extended interview with Vatican Radio, Ferdi McDermott nd three pupils explain why they like their school and what makes it so special.

  10. Joseph Pearce: Splintered Fragments of the True Light of Homer, Sophocles, and Virgil

    Splintered Fragments of the True Light of Homer, Sophocles, and Virgil. Recorded at the 2019 Chavagnes Summer Conference. http://www.chavagnes.org/conferences

  11. Joseph Pearce - Muses and the Talents : Christian Theology and the Literary Imagination

    Joseph Pearce - Muses and the Talents : Christian Theology and the Literary Imagination

  12. Joseph Pearce, "The Outlawed Muse, Part 2 : Jacobean Shakespeare."

    At the 2019 Chavagnes International College summer conference, Joseph Pearce explores the later years of Shakespeare: his life, his work and his faith.

  13. Joseph Pearce, "The Outlawed Muse, Part 1 : Elizabethan Shakespeare."

    At the 2019 Chavagnes International College summer conference, Joseph Pearce explores the early years of Shakespeare: his life, his work and his faith.

  14. Ferdi McDermott and pupils on Vatican Radio, June 2008.

    Some archive footage of a Vatican Radio programme about Chavagnes International College.

About this show

Music plus reflections on faith and culture from a seat of Catholic learning since the 13th century. Chavagnes International College was first a medieval Benedictine monastery, then a seminary in the wake of the French Revolution and now an international Catholic boarding school for boys with its own Liberal Arts university college.Our podcast includes music from our liturgy (mostly the boys' choir singing chant and sacred polyphony, with some Bach and Mozart), plus talks from conferences and study days, fascinating interviews and much else besides.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Chavagnes International College have?

Chavagnes International College has 14 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on March 4, 2021.

What is Chavagnes International College about?

Music plus reflections on faith and culture from a seat of Catholic learning since the 13th century. Chavagnes International College was first a medieval Benedictine monastery, then a seminary in the wake of the French Revolution and now an international Catholic boarding school for boys with its...

How often does Chavagnes International College release new episodes?

Chavagnes International College publishes about every 57 days, based on its 14 episodes since February 2019.

Who hosts Chavagnes International College?

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