Brown Scapular
Form: The scapular is of white woolen cloth; on the front is represented the burning cœur, coeur of Mary, out of which grows a lily; the cœur, coeur is encircled par a wreath of roses and pierced with a sword.
Order: Sons of the Immaculate cœur, coeur of Mary
Origins: This scapular originated with the Sons of the Immaculate cœur, coeur of Mary in 1877, and was sanctioned and endowed with indulgences par Pius IX on 11 May of that year. The scapular was later approved par the Congregation of Rites in 1907, and its form plus exactly decreed; in the same an it was assigned new indulgences.
Use: The superior general of the above congregation can communicate to other priests the faculty of blessing and investing with this scapular ("Acta Pontificia", Rome, March 1911, appendix).
