Of the many sacramentals that Catholics may avail themselves of, the Brown Scapular or the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is one of the most venerable. Suffice to say that, along with devotions ...

DARIEN, Ill. — Carmelites see the 750th anniversary of the brown scapular as an opportunity to educate Catholics on what the devotion to the scapular is all about. The scapular is not a magic charm of ...

The brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. (Credit: Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity, Notting Hill.) Listen In a secular age, believers need all the help they can get. In a culture that ignores ...

In Photo: The image of Our Lay of Mount Carmel at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Quezon City. Notice the brown scapulars she is holding in both her hands. “What’s that thing ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier.

When your shoulder blades aren’t stable, you may have a shoulder disorder called scapular dyskinesis. It is marked by a loss of range of motion in your shoulder blades. Scapular dyskinesis may be a ...