Must it be a Catholic Priest perform investiture for brown scapular?

[blueberry1951]

I am befuddled. I was baptized in a Roman Catholic Church, but was taken to the Episcopal Church at age 6 months when my father passed away. I recently bought a brown wool scapular. I am confused about “any priest” can invest the brown scapular. Does this include an Episcopal priest? Or does “any priest” mean strictly a Catholic priest? I was told that, as I was baptized in a Roman Catholic Church, I will always be catholic, and I do, even though I was raised Episcopalian, watch EWTN, especially Mother Angelica’s reruns, and I do recite the rosary. I guess I have mingled the two together, Episcopalian and Catholic. So could I get some advice on how I could receive investiture?

 

[LilyM]

The Scapular is a sacramental very much associated with the Catholic Church - like, say, a devotion to Our Lady of Fatima.

I am not sure that many Episcopalian priests would have heard of it, and even fewer would probably approve of it. So definitely one for a Catholic priest.

Please do not confuse the Episcopalian and Catholic faiths. For all the seeming similarities there are many differences as well, so take some time to study them. And while you are at it, read up about the Brown Scapular as well!

 

[stephe1987]

I agree with the suggestion about learning about the brown scapular and the differences between Episcopalianism and Catholicism. I am not sure if the Episcopalians would like you using Catholic things. And if you watch a lot of EWTN your theology might be Catholic or mostly Catholic anyway.

All orthodox(?) Christians have the same baptism (“I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”), so if you were “baptized Catholic” you were also baptized according to the same formula as the Episcopalian faith.

A bunch of Episcopalian parishes have slowly converted over to the Catholic faith (Anglican Use parishes). They maintain some of the features of Anglicanism but are under the Pope and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. I read something about Benedict XVI making it easier, creating a bridge of some sort, for members of the Anglican communion to convert to Catholicism.

Or, maybe your studies will make you lean toward being a full-fledged Episcopalian and disagree with Catholic teachings. Who knows? The only way to find out is to study.