St Benedict's Abbey, Ealing (Roman Catholic)

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Regular services

Click here to view the regular service list on the St Benedict's Abbey, Ealing (Roman Catholic) website.

Sunday

18:00-19:00
Solemn Vespers & Benediction
Every Sunday
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

18:35-19:20
Vespers
Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Saturday

17:30-18:15
Vespers
Every Saturday

Other services

Weekday Vespers at 5.15pm on Solemnities, not 6.35pm as normal.

Saturday Vespers at 5.15pm on the eve of special Solemnities, not 5.30pm as normal.

About this church

The Benedictine association with this parish in Ealing originates back to 3rd November 1896 when Cardinal Vaughan transferred the parish into the hands of Abbot Edmund Ford, having first offered this mission to them back in 1895, when the foundation stone for Westminster Cathedral was laid. At that time the Benedictines had been ministering to local Catholics from a house in Acton since 1832.

The Castle Hill House estate, covered what has become Blakesley Avenue, Charlbury Grove and Marchwood Crescent, was up for sale and Abbot Ford bought it and also two acres of land. Father Bernard Bulbeck, from Downside, took up residence in March 1897 using the conservatory in the house for a make-shift chapel. The house itself was much too large and so was let and the mission’s first priests moved into 2 Marchwood Crescent at the end of 1899.

Audio Webcasts

https://www.churchservices.tv/ealingabbey

About the choir

The choir consists of fifteen choristers and six professional Lay Clerks. The choir sings for all services at Easter and Christmas - Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Eastter Vigil, Easter Sunday, Vespers on 1st Sunday of Advent, Midnight Mass and Christmas Day.

The choir also has regular concerts, including Carols by Candlelight with orchestra, and Tenebrae in Lent.

Director of Music, Christopher Eastwood

Organist, Richard Leach

N.B. The Choir sings Vespers for the First Sunday in Advent. The rest of the time the service is sung by the Monks, who sing all monastic services during the day as well. Music List.

Contact details

Address: Charlbury Grove Ealing
Postcode: W5 2DY
E-mail: abbeychoir@ealingabbey.org.uk

Service calendar

**NB: Be sure to check the music list link (left column of this page) before travelling to the church, as there can often be discrepancies between that and the times on the calendar below.**

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