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On 15 October 2009, it was decided by the monks to relocate to a smaller property which would be easier to maintain. On 23 December 2010, they agreed to move to a former Franciscan friary in
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The abbey was sold by the monks to the Vincentian Congregation in 2014. It is now Divine Retreat Centre UK, and hosts charismatic Catholic retreats.
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and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In 2010, the monks moved to
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next door. He donated the church to the Catholic Diocese of Southwark before his death in 1852, and The Grange remained in private hands.
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and take over the running of the church. The abbey was built across the road from the church and this was designed by
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St Augustine's Church, St Edward's Presbytery, and the gate of The Grange: opposite the abbey site
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The Book of saints : a dictionary of servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church
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in 1896. In 1865, a school was established by the monks which lasted until 1995.
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maintaining continuity between the abbey in Ramsgate and their new home.
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For the church which was used as the Abbey Church from 1856 to 2011, see
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19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom
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Coat of arms of Dom Paulinus Greenwood, former abbot of the Abbey
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Benedictines to sell church treasures worth £100,000
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St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate is located in Kent
Order
Benedictine
Augustine of Canterbury
Diocese
Southwark
Edward Pugin
Peter Paul Pugin
Edward Pugin
Peter Paul Pugin
Coordinates
51°19′43″N 1°24′37″E / 51.328644°N 1.410229°E / 51.328644; 1.410229
St Augustine's Church, Ramsgate
Benedictine
Ramsgate
Augustus Pugin
St Augustine's Abbey
Chilworth, Surrey
Vincentian Congregation
Kerala, India
The church of St Augustine
Archdiocese of Southwark
St Augustine of Canterbury
Augustus Pugin
The Grange
St Augustine's Church
Bishop of Southwark
Thomas Grant
Subiaco Cassinese Congregation

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