Michael Gambon

When I was doing 'Tales from Hollywood' at the National, I was invited to dinner by the choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan. He told me I had the heart of a dancer and asked me if I'd like to come on at the end of 'Romeo and Juliet' as a friar. I said I'd love to, but sadly, MacMillan died shortly after.

British Actor

John Wycliffe

Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.

English Theologian

Mainly used in the context of Christianity, associated with monastic life.

Religious Context

Friars are different from priests; they may not perform all sacraments.

Not a Priest

Friars belong to mendicant orders, which means they vow to poverty and survive on charity.

Mendicant Orders

Understand that in a culinary context, 'friar' refers to a fruit, not a person.

Variety of Pear

Friar pears can be used in various recipes like pies, tarts, and salads.

Cooking Use

Friar pears have a specific harvesting time, usually late summer to fall.

Seasonal Availability

 trying to enforce their two-sex, two-gender model. Many Spanish friars also thought that the cross-dressing babaylan were either celibates like themselves or had deficient or malformed genitals. But this was pure speculation.

The gender-fluid history...

 starting at the end of the 15th century. It really gained traction after the pope gave a friar and professor of theology named Heinrich Kraemer permission to conduct inquisitions in search of witches in 1485.

Ugly History: Witch...

 and since we grounded by franciscan friars in 1706 it is the oldest church in Albuquerque and