The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

24 mark of the Confraternity members’ piety and devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., fostered by the Congregation of Marian Fathers almost from the beginning of its history. Confraternities of the Immaculate Conception represent one of the important means by which the Congregation of Marian Fathers spreads devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God and assists the souls suffering in Purgatory, of whom the Immaculate Mother of Christ is a particular advocate. The Marian Fathers in the United States started spreading the Scapular of the Immaculate Conception in the 1960s. This action met with a remarkable response, and it was later extended to the United Kingdom, Poland, Brazil, and Ukraine. Today the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. at the Congregation of Marian Fathers counts several thousand members.