Enroll in the Brown Scapular – Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

July 16 is the Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. We will honor Mary under this title at our 8:30 am and 12:10 pm Masses on Thursday, July 16. This will include an opportunity to receive and be enrolled in the Brown Scapular, an outward sign of one’s interior consecration to Our Lady.

The Brown Scapular consists of two small pieces of cloth joined by strings and worn over the shoulders. According to tradition, Our Lady gave the scapular as a sign of salvation to Saint Simon Stock, a Carmelite priest, in 1251. She promised that “Those who die wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.”

If you have been enrolled in the past, you are enrolled for life, but you can still come to the Masses on July 16 to renew your own relationship with Our Lady.