Learn about or Benedictine Order and Community

6 March 2020

Learn about our Benedictine Order and Community

St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth is the home of a community of Benedictine monks belonging to the Order of Saint Benedict (Subiaco Cassinese Congregation).

The Congregation is made up of seven provinces : Italy, Flanders, Great Britain and USA, France, Spain, Africa and Madagascar, Vietnam and of two Pro-Provinces : Germany and the Philippines and one monastery under the responsibility of the Abbot President : New Norcia (Australia).

In 2020, the total number of the monks is 1,250 in 64 monasteries, which are either Abbeys or Priories.

They are found in the following 24 countries : Italy, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Congo, Benin, Ghana, South Africa, Madagascar, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, and Bangladesh.

In 2020, the nuns or Benedictine Sisters number 975 in 45 female monasteries aggregated to the Congregation. They are located in France, Flanders, the Netherlands, Italy, England, Israel, Africa, Madagascar, Vietnam, Australia and North and Central America.

Some of our houses take part in the development programme of the local Catholic church as in schools in the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Some others, a minority, are in charge of a parish close to the monastery.
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Join us in prayer
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Join us on Saturday 26 April 2025 at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth. Donations welcome.
Own a limited edition print of the Abbey and support our future
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Every print purchased supports the future of our monastic life - thank you
Experience Monastic Silence at St Augustine’s Abbey, Chilworth
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"Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10)
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Sat 6 September 2025, 10am-12noon. £10 per person. Deepen your understanding of Indigenous traditions and spirituality.
Mysteries of the Metaphysicals – A Poetry Evening
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Thursday 25 September 2025, 7.30pm to 9.15pm at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth. £10 per person. Book now.
Prayerful organ music during Mass in March & April 2025
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Sunday Mass is at 10am, weekday Mass is at 9am. Join the monks in prayer.
Ask the monks to pray for you
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Submit your request via our website - we receive requests from all over the World
Discover the wisdom of the Rule of St Benedict
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Read the Rule here: we warmly invite you to spend some time with the Rule of St Benedict.
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