Where to get a scapular?

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I figured this would be the best place to ask this. I was interested in getting a scapular, but I’m wary of places that sell fake scapulars. Can I buy scapulars online? If I go to my local store, can I be sure that what they’re selling is good? Can I just get a general guide to scapulars?
 
rosarymakersguide.org/makeabrownscapular.htm

Actually, I am confused by your concern about the legitimacy of the scapular you may purchase. Unless a brown scapular was not 100% brown wool, I cannot imagine why it would not be a valid scapular. If you go to the link above, you could even make your own scapulars.
 
I have heard of websites that sell so-called scapulars that are not even the same design as they are supposed to be. Also, they are offered even though you are supposed to be a part of a confraternity. So how do I avoid a scam?
 
Marsha_Adams said:
rosarymakersguide.org/makeabrownscapular.htm

Actually, I am confused by your concern about the legitimacy of the scapular you may purchase. Unless a brown scapular was not 100% brown wool, I cannot imagine why it would not be a valid scapular. If you go to the link above, you could even make your own scapulars.
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Wow! Most of the scapulars I’ve ever owned have not been 100% wool! And I get them at a very orthodox Carmelite monastery. Even the Secular Carmelites in my area do not wear wool ones. Where is it stipulated that it must be wool, and what is the authority behind that statement?
 
smndtupidisaftr said:
I have heard of websites that sell so-called scapulars that are not even the same design as they are supposed to be. Also, they are offered even though you are supposed to be a part of a confraternity. So how do I avoid a scam?
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First off which scapular do you desire? There are I believe five available but if you want the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel you can get one free as cheesepuff indicated below. They are also available in various degrees of quality for purchase at most Catholic web stores, even a "multipack"scapular that has all in one, I passed that one by. I suggest getting at least two scapulars so one can be worn while the other is drying after being washed. Please go to the Carmelite website and read the requirements for wearing the Brown Scapular.
 
smndtupidisaftr said:
I have heard of websites that sell so-called scapulars that are not even the same design as they are supposed to be. Also, they are offered even though you are supposed to be a part of a confraternity. So how do I avoid a scam?
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What do you mean by “design”? I didn’t know there was supposed to be a special design. After all, a REAL scapular (the large one of the Carmelite habit), has no design on it - it is simply plain brown. The Secular Carmelites hear have plain brown ones (no design at all).
 
Bob_Aliano said:
First off which scapular do you desire? There are I believe five available but if you want the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel you can get one free as cheesepuff indicated below. They are also available in various degrees of quality for purchase at most Catholic web stores, even a "multipack"scapular that has all in one, I passed that one by. I suggest getting at least two scapulars so one can be worn while the other is drying after being washed. Please go to the Carmelite website and read the requirements for wearing the Brown Scapular.
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The one I really wanted to get is the scapular of St. Michael the Archangel, but I’ve heard that they aren’t valid if you’re not a part of that confraternity.
 
opus101 said:
Wow! Most of the scapulars I’ve ever owned have not been 100% wool! And I get them at a very orthodox Carmelite monastery. Even the Secular Carmelites in my area do not wear wool ones. Where is it stipulated that it must be wool, and what is the authority behind that statement?
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rosarymakersguide.org/makeabrownscapular.htm

According to this link it must be 100% brown wool. Of course they are only speaking of the wool square and are not including the cord or the picture in that percentage. I assume they know what they are talking about, but maybe not.

If you do a search on “scapular 100% brown wool” you will find that many sites specify 100% brown wool for their scapulars.
 
Getting the 100% woolen scapular is one thing but more important is having the scapular imposed over your neck (worn properly) and being enrolled by a priest - in what is a simple but moving ceremony.
 
tradconvert said:
Getting the 100% woolen scapular is one thing but more important is having the scapular imposed over your neck (worn properly) and being enrolled by a priest - in what is a simple but moving ceremony.
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Mind expanding on that? Because I guess I know very little about scapulars other than that Our Lady of Fatima encouraged us to wear one.
 
Some Catholic stores carry some nice ones. I bought mine at the shop attached to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. They had ones with different saints on them, or just the traditional brown scapular.
 
Most of the responses were for the brown scapular, St. Michael’s is blue and black and shaped like a shield. There is a confraternity but check on it, it may be a matter of simply going through an Investiture Rite, usually a short, 10 minutes, ceremony by a priest. Try any of the online Catholic goods merchants to buy one.
 
Hello all,
I often see our site www.RosarymakersGuide.org referred to here on the Forum. So I thought I might chime in on this particular reference to the questions about the Brown Scapular.
Our instructions for making the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel indeed states that the scapular must be made from 100% wool. Not the cords, but the traditional rectangular piece of brown wool. An image is not required, but it is traditional to include one, and most Brown Scapulars include some form of Our Lady’s promise: “Whosoever dies wearing this Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.”

I hope the following information will be helpful to all. Our lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us! Saint Simon Stock, pray for us!

From scapularofmountcarmel.com
GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE SMALL SCAPULARS

*The small scapulars consist essentially of two quadrilateral segments of woolen cloth (about two and three-quarter inches long by two inches wide), connected with each other by two strings or bands in such a manner that, when the bands rest on the shoulders, the front segment rests before the breast, while the other hangs down an equal distance at the back. The two segments of cloth need not necessarily be equally large, various scapulars having the segment before the breast of the above dimensions while the segment at the back is much smaller. The material of these two essential parts of the scapular must be of woven wool; the strings or bands may be of any material, and of any one color. The color of the segments of woolen cloth depends on the color of the Carmelite habit, …

According to the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences wool is necessary and exclusively to be used in the making of scapulars. Cotton, felt, of wool woven into the fashion of lace will not suffice. A picture or decoration must never deprive the color of the Scapular of its predominance.*
 
RosaryMkrsGuide said:
According to the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences wool is necessary and exclusively to be used in the making of scapulars. Cotton, felt, of wool woven into the fashion of lace will not suffice. A picture or decoration must never deprive the color of the Scapular of its predominance.
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The above information is out of date.

“Does the Brown scapular have to be wool?
It did at one time, it no longer does. Few Carmelite Religious use pure wool for their habits, including their scapulars, anymore because of the expense and the impracticality.”

Source: carmelitanacollection.com/catechesis.html
This is the definitive current statement on the matter of the Brown Scapular.

Please, please consider wearing and using this most wonderful sacramental!!!
 
Contact a Church in your area. I have seen some odd scapular designs. And I have seen some bizarre rosaries as well.

Ask to see some actual scapulars that are actually being worn by religious, especially priests and nuns. A scapular should say that whoever dies while wearing this scapular shall not suffer the fires of hell. I am very skeptical of online sources. See the real thing.

Peace,
Ed
 
IMHO this is the best place to get quality scapulars: www.rosescapular.net Everything is 100% wool, very high quality, mine last for years before even starting to wear out!
 
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