Worth Abbey

The Abbey of Our Lady, Help of Christians, commonly known as Worth Abbey, is a community of Roman Catholic monks who follow the Rule of St. Benedict near the village of Turners Hill in West Sussex, England. Founded in 1933, the abbey is part of the English Benedictine Congregation. As of 2020, the monastic community had 21 monks. Worth Abbey is a daughter house of the monastic community of Downside Abbey in Somerset. The first monastic community of 17 monks was established in September 1933 on the property formerly known as "Paddockhurst," near Turners Hill, by Abbot John Chapman of Downside.

Monsterium fundatum est ut prioratus simplex ab Abbatia de Downside anno 1933, in prioratum conventualem erectum est die 10 sept. 1957, et ad dignitatem abbatialem erectum anno Domini 1965.