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of
DOUAI ABBEY CHURCH

The Church is at the centre of the monastic community's life. The monks worship together there five times a day. It is also used by local people and pupils of the school who wish to share in the monastic liturgy. The Church is the highest building and is visible from all parts of the campus.

The foundation stone was laid in 1928 by Abbot Edmund Kelly.

The inscription reads, "In the year of Our Lord 1928, on the 18th day of June, the 25th anniversary of our expulsion from France, this stone was laid by the Rt Revd William (Cotter), Bishop of Portsmouth and the Rt Rev Edmund Kelly, Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congegation."

The first part of the church was opened on June 20, 1933.
It was completed in 1993.

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