Ealing Abbey
| Ealing Abbey | |
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| Abbey Church of St Benedict, Ealing | |
The Abbey Church - front
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 Ealing Abbey
Location with the Borough of Ealing
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| Coordinates: 51°31′10″N 0°18′31″W / 51.519477°N 0.308655°W | |
| OS grid reference | TQ1742781453 |
| Location | Ealing, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | EalingAbbey.org.uk |
| History | |
| Founded | March 1897 |
| Founder(s) | Cardinal Vaughan |
| Dedication | St Benedict |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 19 January 1981 |
| Architect(s) | Frederick Walters |
| Style | Perpendicular Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Ealing |
| Archdiocese | Westminster |
| Province | Westminster |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Most. Rev. Vincent Nichols |
| Abbot | Martin Shipperlee |
Ealing Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation on Castlebar Hill in Ealing. It is part of the English Benedictine Congregation.
The monastery at 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.
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.
Ealing Abbey Choir of boys' and men's voices sings at the Sunday Conventual Mass. The choir appeared in the BBC television programme Songs of Praise in 2005.
The Abbey has an active programme of music recitals, which include the choirs and the organ. Occasional concerts by other choirs are also held.
The monks of Ealing accept clerical and lay men as guests in the monastery, on the understanding that guests will attend morning mass and evening vespers with the monks. Residential and non residential guests are welcome at the sung liturgy of the hours in the Abbey Church and the monks have a house for guests and retreatants.
A major work of the Abbey in the past has been teaching and administration in St Benedict's School, founded as Ealing Priory School in 1902 by Sebastian Cave. This is an independent day school for boys and, since 2007, girls at both the junior and senior levels. There is also a small co-educational nursery. Since 1987 the Abbey has engaged a lay headmaster for the school having previously provided the headmaster from foundation. In 2012 the trust of St Benedict, Ealing created a new charitable trust, St Benedict's School, and passed school administration to a new board of governors. As a result, members of the monastic community are more free to choose different apostolates. The Abbey also has close links with the nearby girls' school St Augustine's Priory, a former convent school.
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