Ealing Abbey

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Ealing Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation in West London, England, and part of the English Benedictine Congregation.

The monastery of Ealing was founded in 1897 from Downside Abbey, originally as a parish in the Archdiocese of Westminster. It was canonically erected as a dependent priory in 1916 and raised again to the rank of independent conventual priory in 1947. Finally, in 1955 it was elevated to the status of an Abbey by Pope Pius XII.

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One of the main apostolates of the Abbey is running a major parish in Ealing centred on the Abbey Church of Saint Benedict where both the parish and monastic liturgies take place.

The other major work of the Abbey is running St Benedict's School, Ealing, founded in 1902 by Dom Sebastian Cave. This is an independent day school for boys at both the junior and senior levels. Girls are also admitted in the sixth form, which together with a small nursery, is the only co-educational section in the school. Among the more famous of the school's alumni is the Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and formerly Governor of Hong Kong and Chairman of the Conservative Party (UK).

The monks of Ealing also run the Benedictine Arts and Study Centre (BASC) which was opened in 1992. The centre, based in the Abbey grounds, provides adult education and formation in Christian spirituality, theology and liturgy, with officially validated courses.

The Abbey is home to the Ealing Abbey Choir of boys' and men's voices, which sings at the Sunday Conventual Mass and appeared in the BBC television programme Songs of Praise in 2005.

The current abbot is The Right Reverend Dom Martin Shipperlee, OSB.