The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

135 – Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord; – Ascension of the Lord; – Nativity of the Lord (December 25); – Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. (December 8); – Assumption (August 15); – Liturgical commemoration of St. Stanislaus Papczyński, Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers (May 18); – Presentation of the Lord (February 2); – Liturgical commemoration of St. Cajetan of Thiene (August 7). c) The primary feasts of the Confraternity are the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8) and the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (November 2). Confraternity members shall observe the solemnity of the Immaculate Con­ ception in profound love and gratitude to God and Mary. On this day they shall renew their devout commitment to her service, their faith­ fulness to Christ and His Church, and shall entrust to the maternal Heart of the Immaculate Virgin the entire Marian Family. On the day of All the Faithful Departed they shall commend to God through prayers, sacrifices and indulgences the souls of the departed suffering in Purgatory.