Brown Scapular Investiture (enrollment)
On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at Mary's Hill (Pa) the proper investiture (enrollment) of the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will take place.
(Please call or email for more information at 610-895-4037 or
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Enrollment (Investiture) in the Confraternity of the Brown Scapular In order to receive Our Lady’s Scapular promise: “Whosoever dies clothed in this garment shall not suffer eternal fire,” Holy Mother Church teaches a Catholic must be invested (enrolled) in the Confraternity of the Brown Scapular by a Catholic priest. Once a Catholic is enrolled in the Confraternity, he or she is enrolled for life.
“Let it [the Brown Scapular] be your sign of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which We are particularly urging in these perilous times.” ...Pope Pius XII
Wearing the Scapular, a Form of Consecration. Wearing Mary´s Scapular is a way to consecrate ourselves to Her service. Consecration sets apart a person or thing for
a sacred purpose. Every Catholic should be consecrated to Mary.
Our Lady of Fatima, on October 13th, 1917, held the Brown Scapular in Her hand, making the three child seers, Lucy, Jacinta and Francisco, understand that She wants
all of us to wear the Scapular.
In a 1936 letter, written at Pontevedra, Sister Lucy quotes Our Lord as saying that He wants devotion to His Mother´s Immaculate Heart alongside devotion to His own Sacred Heart. So consecration to Mary,
as a means of giving Her greater honor and love, is God´s will for us, and in no way detracts from His own glory.
One day through the Rosary and the Scapular I will save the World,” the Blessed Virgin Mary told Saint Dominic.