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

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. Ealing is a place in the London Borough of Ealing. ... Saint Gregorys Abbey, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Benedictine monastery of the English Benedictine Congregation. ... Westminster Cathedral is the motherchurch of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster. ... Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and sovereign of Vatican City State from March 2, 1939 until his death. ...

Apostolate

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. This article is about Saint Benedict of Nursia, for other uses of the name Benedict see Benedict (disambiguation) Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. ...

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). St. ... Lord Patten of Barnes The Right Honourable Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (born 12 May 1944) is a prominent British Conservative politician. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Conservative Party is one of the two largest political parties in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ...

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 mens' voices, which sings at the Sunday Conventual Mass and appeared in the BBC television programme Songs of Praise in 2005. Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based on religion and ethics, based around traditional Christian hymns. ...

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