Scapulars?

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I’m currently attending RCIA, I will fully enter the Church on Pentecost. 😃 I’m beyond excited because I’ve wanted this for the last year. I’ve had a few little bumps in the road and was thinking about getting a green scapular. It was actually suggested to me by my sponser.

Can any one explain the green and brown scapular to me? Do you have to be fully in communion with the Church before wearing either scapular? Are there any special blessings or enrollment needed for either? I’ve heard that a green scapular needs to be a gift to you, that some one else should say the prayer on your behalf. Have I been given the correct information?
 
God bless you and be with you as you enter the Catholic Church.

Green Scapular ~Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (Paulists)
A.D. 1840

In 1840, Mary appeared to Sister Justine Bisqueyburu (a Seminary Sister of the Daughters of Charity) in Paris, France and commended the Green Scapular to her. It’s known as “the Scapular of Conversion,” and its promises are the strengthening of faith, protection against Satan, a happy death for Catholics, and, most of all, for conversion for those outside the Church. It’s to be worn or carried by the faithful, or given to an unbeliever for their conversion. The following prayer is to be said daily by the wearer:

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death

Latin version:
Cor immaculatum Mariae, ora pro nobis nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
If the scapular is given to an unbeliever for their conversion, the person giving the scapular prays the prayer for them if the unbeliever does not want to pray the prayer himself. If the unbeliever does not want the scapular, it may be hidden in their vicinity and the prayers said for him. Enrollment in a Confraternity is not necessary for this scapular, but the scapular should be blessed by a priest before use.

from the website:

fisheaters.com/scapulars.html#green

How to get a Green Scapular?

greenscapular.com/
 
I wear the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

I do have a Red Scapular as well.
 
I interested in the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as well, but I don’t join the church until Pentecost. Could I still wear the scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel before hand, or should I wait? Do you have to be enrolled to wear it?
 
lizds said:
I interested in the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as well, but I don’t join the church until Pentecost. Could I still wear the scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel before hand, or should I wait? Do you have to be enrolled to wear it?
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There is nothing to stop you from wearing it with devotion meanwhile. The priest can enroll you when he blesses the Scapular.
 
I wore the Brown Scapular for over a year before I became Catholic and two years to the day before I was enrolled. So by all means keep wearing it!
 
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