Catholic Word of the Day: WHITE FRIARS, 04-17-15

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WHITE FRIARS

 

Carmelite friars so called because of their white habit and scapular. The term is also applied to Premonstratensians and White Canons.

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Because of the habits they wear -- white.

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White Friars: Carmelites

Grey Friars: Friars Minor (Franciscans - OFM)

Black Friars: Dominicans

So many places in Britain are named for them - you've got Greyfriars Bobby the little terrier in Edinburgh, and Richard III was hastily buried in the Greyfriars Priory in Leicester, the Whitefriars in Coventry, and on and on . . .

Henry VIII has a lot to answer for.