The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

17 November 28, 1910 – Pope Pius X approved new Constitutions and the renewed form of Marian life. June 28, 1987 – Beatification of Archbishop George Matulaitis-Matulewicz, Renovator of the Congregation. September 16, 2007 – Beatification of Father Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński, Founder of the Marians. June 5, 2016 – Canonization of Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński in Rome. History of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception The Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception has existed with the Congregation of Marian Fathers since the 18 th century. Saint Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński (1631-1701), the Founder of the Marian Fathers, considered spreading devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Most B.V.M. as one of his Order’s principal goals. The holy Fr. Founder fervently encouraged his spiritual sons to establish Confraternities of the Immaculate Conception at the Marian churches. This was already reflected in the first laws of the Order, published in 1694- 1698. The confraternities were meant to provide