The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

20 Virgin Mary. As an external sign [of that] they are to wear a white-color scapular embellished with blue. This scapular is a sign, as well as a token, of the Most Holy Virgin Mary’s protection.” Another Register of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, similar to the one from Goźlin, comes from the Marian monastery on Mount Balsamão in Portugal; it dates back to 1774. Today this book is kept in the General Archives of the Congregation of Marian Fathers in Rome. Its greatly yellowed pages preserve several hundred first and last names of people upon whom the Marian Fathers conferred the Blue Scapular. For the first time, the Marian historical documents mention the establishment of a Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception on June 26, 1734. The entry speaks of an official formation of this confraternity at the Marian church in Puszcza Korabiewska [now Puszcza Mariańska or the Marian Forest – location of the Congregation’s first monastery]. The Theatine Fathers repeatedly renewed the privilege granted to the Marian Fathers, which was first obtained by Fr. Wyszyński. On August 30, 1751, through the efforts of the Venerable Servant of God Fr. Casimir, the Theatines again granted