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This week, two members of the Scapular Apostolate (Mary and Katie) traveled to Tyburn Academy in upstate New York to give a presentation about the Brown Scapular.

Any validly ordained Catholic priest can enroll you in the Brown Scapular. Here are the prayers of enrollment in English and Latin.

The promise attached to the Brown Scapular comes from an apparition of Our Lady to St. Simon Stock. St. Simon was an English hermit who became the head of the Carmelite order in 1247. The Virgin Mary promised to St. Simon that all who wear the Brown Scapular will not suffer the fires of hell.

The prophet Elijah is the spiritual founder of the Carmelites. What can he teach us about the meaning of the Brown Scapular?

The beginnings of the Scapular Apostolate. From a small parish in upstate New York to a much larger movement...