I got my scapulars from Lipa and Manaoag and had them blessed there. I’m a devotee of the Lady of the Mediatrix and the Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag. I can’t remember how long I’ve been wearing my ...

My grandmother wore one. My lovely bride wears one. I carry one in my shirt pocket. Once they were almost ubiquitous in the Catholic world, so common that I would see them peeking from the necks of ...

DARIEN, Ill. — Carmelites see the 750th anniversary of the brown scapular as an opportunity to educate Catholics on what the devotion to the scapular is all about. The scapular is not a magic charm of ...

There’s a picture of a young Karol Wojtyla as a factory worker posing with a friend during a work break. He is wearing a big smile and a very visible Brown Scapular. As Pope John Paul II, he recalled ...

A story published Friday by The Oregonian/Oregonlive takes readers through a day in the life of a modern monk at Mount Angel Abbey. Like his ancestors, he rises before the sun, brews beer and eats in ...