Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.
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Tuesday 17 July 2018

"The Grey Friars Are Returning To Walsingham For The First Time Since The Reformation".



The statue of Our Lady of Walsingham is held aloft 
during a
Year of Mercy Pilgrimage attended by Cardinal Nichols (Photo: mazur/catholicnews.org.uk)
Illustration: CATHOLIC HERALD

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, CATHOLIC HERALD

The Conventual Franciscans
Are Experiencing A Revival In England.



The only remaining building of the first English Franciscan Friary, built in 1267.
It was a considerable Monastery until The Dissolution of The Monasteries,
by King Henry VIII, in 1538, when The Friars were banished.
Photo: 30 June 2008.
Source: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/866800
Author: Pam Fray.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encylopaedia.

Grey Friars, or Gray Friars, is a term for The Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, in particular,
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