Benedictine institute, About these pages. Ealing Abbey community project - Respect for all, trust for more, live forever In 1902 the monks at Ealing started St Benedict's School. Their generous gift of enthusiasm and service was rewarded by a steady growth in school numbers, greater financial independence of the monastic community, Ealing priory's independence from Downside Abbey in 1948, its erection as an Abbey in 1955 by Pope Pius XII and the arrival of a large group of fresh vocations … [Read more...]