A Sign of Faith and Commitment
We manufacture Brown (Carmelite) Scapulars.
The Brown Scapular has been considered from old times in the Church as a sign of the protection of Our Lady. On July 16, 1251, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock, Superior General of the Carmelite Order. In her hand was a cloth Brown Scapular. She told him: "Receive the Brown Scapular. It is a pledge of salvation, a safeguard in danger. Whoever dies wearing this Scapular will never see the flames of hell." Sixty-five years later she revealed her Sabbatine or Saturday privilege to Pope John XXII before he became Pope, that on the first Saturday after their deaths she will free from purgatory all of her scapular children who have fulfilled certain conditions: "I, the Mother of races, shall descend on the Saturday after their deaths, and as many as I find in purgatory I shall free."
The conditions are: 1) to observe chastity according to one's state in life; 2) to recite the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary daily, or pray five decades of the Rosary. 3) The faithful wearing of the scapular; and 3) The Rosary and the scapular are inseparable!
Thus, when we wear the Brown Scapular we embrace the habit of the Carmelites who have a great devotion to Mary and who have placed themselves under her protection. Pope Pius XII wrote: "For the holy scapular, which may be called the habit or garment of Mary, is a sign and pledge of the protection of the Mother of God." It is as if Mary is saying "if you wear my habit, faithfully, I will see to it that you never see the fires of hell."
Pope St. Pius X said, "I wear the cloth, let us never take it off." Sixteen Popes have written about it or indulgenced it. Next to the Rosary it is the most highly indulgenced sacramental in the Church.
Try to wear your brown scapular always, remember that it is a sign of your eternal salvation. If it breaks, tie it or sew it together or purchase a new one. Only a priest can enroll you in the Brown Scapular. This also enrolls you in the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel which is affiliated to the Carmelite Order and thus you share in all of the daily Masses, prayers, and good works of the members throughout the world. Enrollment by a priest also means that your subsequent Brown Scapulars do not have to be blessed - you just put them on.
The word "scapular" is derived from the Latin word "scapula" meaning "shoulder." The Brown Scapular is part of the habit or garment of the priests, brothers, and nuns of the Carmelite Order and it must be worn as they wear it, that is, over the shoulders, with one badge in front and one in back. Thus, when we wear the Brown Scapular we embrace the habit of the Carmelites who have a great devotion to Mary and who have placed themselves under her protection. Pope Pius XII wrote: "For the holy scapular, which may be called the habit or garment of Mary, is a sign and pledge of the protection of the Mother of God." It is as if Mary is saying "if you wear my habit, faithfully, I will see to it that you never see the fires of hell."
Pope St. Pius X said, "I wear the cloth, let us never take it off." Sixteen Popes have written about it or indulgenced it. Next to the Rosary it is the most highly indulgenced sacramental in the Church.
Try to wear your brown scapular always, remember that it is a sign of your eternal salvation. If it breaks, tie it or sew it together or purchase a new one. It has now been determined that a Priest or Deacon can enroll anyone into the Scapular.
This also enrolls you in the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel which is affiliated to the Carmelite Order and thus you share in all of the daily Masses, prayers, and good works of the members throughout the world. Enrollment by a priest also means that your subsequent Brown Scapulars do not have to be blessed - you just put them on.
