Can a brown scapular be blessed without enrollment?

[peaceofchrist]

Hello.
I’m going through RCIA, and currently have a brown scapular. Since I’m not yet Catholic or baptized, I cannot be enrolled in the brown scapular. Is it okay to ask a priest to bless the St. Benedict medal and crucifix (that are attached to the scapular) and/or the scapular until I am able to be enrolled?

 

[Peggy_in_Burien]

I may be wrong, but I never heard that someone in RCIA couldn’t be enrolled in the Scapular. I’d certainly ask your priest to bless it, and he might go ahead and enroll you at the same time.

 

[Bruised_Reed]

Hello.
I’m going through RCIA, and currently have a brown scapular. Since I’m not yet Catholic or baptized, I cannot be enrolled in the brown scapular. Is it okay to ask a priest to bless the St. Benedict medal and crucifix (that are attached to the scapular) and/or the scapular until I am able to be enrolled?

You can get it blessed but it won’t be the same until you are enrolled. The graces attached to wearing the scapular are attached to the wearer and not the scapular itself. Once enrolled and your scapular is blessed you won’t need to have new scaplulars blessed. You might need a new one if your original one falls apart.

 

[zenith15]

I am still in RCIA (though baptized) and my priest allowed me to join the Brown Scapular society.