About Douai abbey

About company

Douai Abbey is a monastery of monks of the English Benedictine Congregation located in Berkshire, England. Founded in Paris in 1615 by English exiles, it moved to Douai in Flanders in the early 19th century and in 1903 finally returned to England, settling at Woolhampton. The monks welcome guests for retreats, conferences, quiet time or to share in the monastic liturgies in the abbey church.