Saint Louis Abbey
Abbey Church | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Abbey of St. Mary and St. Louis |
| Other names | L’Abbaye Sainte Marie et Saint Louis |
| Order | Benedictine |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Established | 1955 |
| Mother house | Ampleforth Abbey |
| Dedicated to | Virgin Mary St. Louis, King of France |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of St. Louis |
| Controlled churches | St. Anselm's |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Rt. Rev. Columba Cary-Elwes Rt. Rev. Luke Rigby Rev. Timothy Horner |
| Abbot | Rt. Rev. Gregory Mohrman |
| Site | |
| Location | Creve Coeur, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38°38′39″N 90°28′44″W / 38.6442°N 90.4789°W |
The Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis (French: L’Abbaye Sainte Marie et Saint Louis) is an abbey of the Catholic English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) located in Creve Coeur, in St. Louis County, Missouri in the United States. The Abbey is an important presence in the spiritual life of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The monks of the Abbey live their faith according to the Benedictine discipline of 'prayer and work', praying the Divine Office five times daily, celebrating daily Masses in English and Latin, and working in the two parishes under their pastoral care and in the Saint Louis Priory School, which the Abbey runs as an apostolate. The Abbey and its school sit on a 150-acre (0.61 km2) campus in west St. Louis County, in the city of Creve Coeur.