Does the Scapular Medal replace a Fivefold Scapular?

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Hey everyone. I wear a Fivefold Scapular and I am wanting to get a Scapular Medal so I can wear it in the shower rather than ruin my new Fivefold Scapular that I got to replace my old one. Does the Scapular Medal replace the Fivefold Scapular or only the Brown Scapular?
 
My understanding is it would only replace the Brown Scapular - there aren’t any medal substitutes for the others that I am aware of.
 
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My understanding is it would only replace the Brown Scapular - there aren’t any medal substitutes for the others that I am aware of.
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Oh okay. Thanks for the reply Lily. I appreciate it.
 
The scapular medal can replace the five fold scapular, but according to Pope St Pius X who approved the medal in 1910, “It (the medal) must be blessed with a separate blessing for each of the scapulars in which the person has been enrolled and for which the wearer wishes it to suffice”.So my understanding is that the blessing of the sign of the cross for each scapular that the wearer wishes the medal to stand in for., In this case five. Good luck. I asked a priest recently to do this for me, and he said he’d never heard of it and refused to bless the medal that way. Oh well, maybe it would be easier to just get it blessed five different times by five different priests?:juggle:
 
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