The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

124 The last chapter of the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the basis of which the Marian Congregation was approved by the Apostolic See in 1699, required wearing the scapular of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. This scapular was worn by the Marians under their white habit. They were obliged by the authority of their vocation to spread devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Mother and promote among the faithful the scapular and practices associated with it. In 1733, the Venerable Servant of God, Fr. Casimir of St. Joseph Wyszyński requested the Theatine Fathers in Rome to grant him authority to bless and invest the faithful with the Blue Scapular; he received this authorization. He wanted to make the wearing of the Blue Scapular and the practices associated with it one of the elements of piety in the Confraternity. From that time, Confraternity members were registered in the Confraternity Book; such Books still exist in some Marian churches. With the passing of time, the confraternities of the Immaculate Conception at Marian churches began to be known also as the “Scapular Confraternities.” The first mention of the establishment of a Confraternity of the