Scapular Brotherhood

Small scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also called the brown scapular

A Scapular Brotherhood is a devout association of Catholics . The most widespread one is the Brotherhood of Our Lady on Mount Carmel , there are also other Scapular Brotherhoods, whose members wear a so-called small Scapular and which are often affiliated with the third order .

The Scapular Brotherhood of Our Lady on Mount Carmel

Our Lady gives the brown scapular to St. Carmelite Simon Stock, who in turn passes it on. Altarpiece in the St. Mauritius Abbey in Ebersmünster

According to tradition, the Blessed Mother Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock , a general of the Carmelites , on July 16, 1251 in Cambridge . In the vision she carried a scapular in her hand and gave St. Simon Stock's promise that everyone who wears it is under their special protection. Members of other orders and finally lay people then asked to be allowed to wear such a scapular. As a result, scapular fraternities were founded in Carmelite monasteries, wearing the so-called brown scapular .

In the 19th century, for example, there was a Scapular Brotherhood at a Carmelite monastery in Würzburg .

membership

Announcement of the granting of a complete indulgence for the scapular festival in the Neurath rulership on May 31, 1719

All members of a Scapular Brotherhood feel connected to the Blessed Mother in a special way and, according to a St. Simon Stock given promise to be freed from purgatory on the first Saturday after death . The members of a Scapular Brotherhood should live chastely , pray the Marian times of the day or refrain from eating meat on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays or pray the rosary daily .

When entering a scapular fraternity, a priest puts a small scapular on the person entering .

literature

Gerd Josef Weisensee: The dress from heaven . An introduction to the science of scapular wearing - with special consideration of the fivefold scapular and the associated five scapular fraternities. Theresia-Verlag, Lauerz 2000, ISBN 3-908542-96-0 .

Web links

Commons : Scapular brotherhoods - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

History of the Scapular Brotherhoods (registration required)

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 434.

[1] Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 434.