Downside School Aerial Film
Downside Abbey and School is situated within the beautiful Mendip Hills region of Somerset, UK. Based only 20 minutes south of the city of Bath, and 2 hours from London, the school boasts a fantastic site with all activities based on campus. Visit downside.co.uk for more information.
Downside Abbey / Podcast / Dom Michael / Friday 1st February 2019
Fr Michael from Downside Abbey discusses the Origins of Monasticism in our weekly podcast.
For more, please visit downsideabbey.co.uk/benedictine-monastery/the-homily-and-podcasts/
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Downside School is a co-educational Catholic independent school for children aged 11 to 18, located in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, between Westfield and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, south west England, attached to Downside Abbey.The current headmaster, Dr James Whitehead, is the first lay headmaster in Downside's history.
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#Downside200 Film of Downside Abbey and School
Throughout 2014, the Community of Benedictine Monks at Downside Abbey celebrate 200 years at their Somerset home. To mark the bicentenary we have commissioned a short series of films to capture the rural Abbey during this important anniversary. For further information, please visit downside.co.uk
Downside Abbey/ Podcast / Br John / Friday 11th January 2019
Br John talks to Fr Anselm about his journey to becoming a monk at Downside Abbey in Somerset.
For more, please visit downsideabbey.co.uk/benedictine-monastery/the-homily-and-podcasts
#Downside200 - 'Britain and the Holy See' - Abbot Aidan Bellenger
Downside Abbey Library hosted a conference, 'Britain and the Holy See', to mark the centenary of Aidan Gasquet's appointment as Cardinal, in 1914. In this clip, Abbot Aidan Bellenger introduces 'Gasquet - the man'.
[Wikipedia] Church of St Vigor, Stratton-on-the-Fosse
The Anglican Church of St Vigor in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Saint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary. After the Norman conquest of England, his cult moved from France to England. This church is one of only two English churches dedicated to him, the other being at Fulbourn in Cambridgeshire.
The original Norman church was founded by Geoffrey de Montbray the Bishop of Coutances after he became the lord of the manor following the Norman Conquest. Only the doorway on the south side of the church, the chancel arch and font remain from this period. The pulpit dates from the 14th century along with the chancel.
The stained glass windows contain fragments dating from medieval times, which were incorporated into the more recent windows after damage which may have occurred during the English Civil War.
The Long chapel, named after the benefactors, the Long family, was built in 1782.
The churchyard contains a war grave of a Somerset Light Infantry soldier of World War II.
St. Vigor's Church forms a joint benefice with St. John's in nearby Chilcompton, and falls within the archdeadery of Bath.
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Downside girls in the Philippines
Three girls from Downside School's Sixth Form travelled to help the Philippines relief effort. Here you can view some of the highlights from their trip.
Religious Studies at Downside
What's it like when your teacher is a Benedictine monk? Downside pupils and staff talk about the benefits of studying Religious Studies with members of the Monastic Community. Visit downside.co.uk for more information.
#MediaPrefects 'Welcome to Downside' animation [English]
An alternative welcome to Downside School....featuring a cartoon version of Sixth Former, Ollie! For more see downside.co.uk
Purity of Heart: Sermon by Fr Pio Idowu. A Day With Mary
Purity of Heart: Sermon by Fr Pio Idowu. A Day With Mary, Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside (Downside Abbey), Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England. Saturday 25 August 2018. All DWM videos at: - Click cog & select to watch in full HD. Also at youtube.com/profile?user=adwmuk and and
#DownsideSchool | Romance with Aliens [animation]
Pupils at Downside School work with artist-in-residence, Harriet Croucher, on an animation, 'Romance with Aliens'. For more, see downside.co.uk
Our Lady Co-Redemptrix: Sermon by Fr Michael Clothier OSB. A Day With Mary
Our Lady Co-Redemptrix: Sermon by Fr Michael Clothier OSB (starts at 4':19, after excerpts of the Blessed Sacrament Procession). A Day With Mary, Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside (Downside Abbey), Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England. Saturday 25 August 2018. All DWM videos at: - Click cog & select to watch in full HD. Also at youtube.com/profile?user=adwmuk and and
#Downside200 - Mass in a Minute
The Community of Benedictine Monks at Downside Abbey celebrate 200 years in their Somerset home, during 2014. To mark the bicentenary we have commissioned a short series of films to capture the rural Abbey during this important anniversary.
New Performing Arts Centre
Downside School's Media Prefects have created a short clip to introduce the brand new Performing Arts Centre and Music School. For more visit downside.co.uk
#MediaPrefects Chaplaincy at Downside [in German. Producer, J Haas]
Dom Anselm discusses the spiritual life at Downside School [in German].Produced by Media Prefect, Johannes Haas. For more visit downside.co.uk
Brion Gysin
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Brion Gysin
Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique, used by his friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed. It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by the cursive Japanese grass script and Arabic script. Burroughs later stated that Brion Gysin was the only man I ever respected.
John Clifford Brian Gysin was born at the Canadian military hospital in the grounds of Cliveden, Taplow, England. His mother, Stella Margaret Martin, was a Canadian from Deseronto, Ontario. His father, Leonard Gysin, a captain with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, was killed in action eight months after his son's birth. Stella returned to Canada and settled in Edmonton, Alberta where her son became the only Catholic day-boy at an Anglican boarding school. Graduating at fifteen, Gysin was sent to Downside School in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, near Bath, Somerset in England, a prestigious college run by the Benedictines and known as the Eton of Catholic public schools. Despite, or because of, attending a Catholic school, Gysin became an atheist.
In 1934, he moved to Paris to study La Civilisation Française, an open course given at the Sorbonne where he made literary and artistic contacts through Marie Berthe Aurenche, Max Ernst's second wife. He joined the Surrealist Group and began frequenting Valent...
#MediaPrefects 'Welcome to Downside' animation [German. Producer, J Haas]
An alternative welcome to Downside School....featuring a cartoon version of Media Prefect, Johannes! For more see downside.co.uk
#Downside200 - 'The Visual Arts' - Sir Christopher Frayling
Downside Abbey Library hosted 'The Visual Arts' conference, in February 2014, to celebrate Downside's bicenetenary year. In this clip Sir Christopher Frayling talks about the changing perception of 'Craftsmanship'. Visit for more.
#DownsideDesign (2015) - GCSE ADVERT A553 PILAR MERCADAL
This film has been produced by a GCSE Design pupil at Downside School. For more information please visit downside.co.uk.