My experience with Franciscans of a certain generation mirrors that of our dancing friar. Sadly, a house that I know encourages this type of behaviour.
Section 22 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 makes it an offence for the person in charge of a dog not to clean up when their dog fouls in a public place. Please act responsibly - clean up after your dog and dispose of the dirt in a suitable sanitary manner; use a paper bag. Dog dirt is a health hazard and some day your child might be affected by someone else’s failure to ‘do the right thing’. Train your dog to “go at home” in the garden. Failure to clean up your dog’s waste can lead to a 150 euro “on-the-spot” fine or on summary conviction to a fine of up to 3,000 euro.
The dancer is provincial of the Franciscan friars in Paris, so it's possible that the performance happened there, in their house.
It seems the vitality of the community has waned: in 1996 six Franciscan provinces in France and Belgium merged into two. In 2013, the two merged into one, having 195 religious.
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