Sacred Penitentiary, 2 February 1968, Prot. 272/68/R; 30 March 2012, Prot. 1280/11/I
Blue Scapular Confraternity: admission and annual feasts
These Marian Fathers’ grants cover enrolled members of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception.
Time required Admission rite varies; May 18 renewal may take about 1–5 minutes (estimate).
- When
- Admission into the Confraternity and reception of the Blue Scapular; Immaculate Conception (8 December); Presentation (2 February); Assumption (15 August); Christmas; Easter; Ascension; St Stanislaus Papczyński (18 May); St Cajetan (7 August).
- Where
- No special location prescribed by this membership grant.
- Who
- Formally enrolled Catholic members of the Marian Fathers’ Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, in full communion and aged 18 or over. Investiture alone and formal registration are distinct.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be formally admitted to the Marian Fathers’ Confraternity and receive the Blue Scapular through the authorized rite; wear it devoutly as the statutes direct.
- Membership commitments include daily prayer for the departed: the Chaplet of the Ten Evangelical Virtues or the Divine Mercy Chaplet, together with Salve Regina.
- On 18 May, renew at least privately the promise faithfully to observe the Confraternity’s statutes.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Actual admission to the Blue Scapular Confraternity
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
Complete the actual admission procedure, rite or event specified by this grant. The source sets no fixed duration; follow the organizer’s schedule.
Timing sources
- Marian Fathers — Confraternity membership FAQWhat indulgences do I receive?; enrollment conditions
- Marian Fathers — Wearing the Blue ScapularConditions for spiritual privileges
- Marian Fathers — The Blue Scapular Prayer Book, fourth amended edition (2021)Statutes §§8–10, printed pp. 132–135; membership conditions and commitments; Penitentiary rescripts 2 February 1968 and 30 March 2012
- Marian General Superior — Confraternity communiqué, 30 April 2012Prot. 71/2012; perpetual May 18 grant, Penitentiary Prot. 1280/11/I; private statutory-promise renewal; 1968 membership grants
18 May: private statutory-promise renewal
Editorial estimate
About 1–5 minutes for a simple private renewal (editorial estimate)
The source sets no fixed duration or compulsory timed formula. This is an editorial estimate for a simple private renewal; it does not replace any required rite or the usual conditions.
Timing sources
- Marian Fathers — Confraternity membership FAQWhat indulgences do I receive?; enrollment conditions
- Marian Fathers — Wearing the Blue ScapularConditions for spiritual privileges
- Marian Fathers — The Blue Scapular Prayer Book, fourth amended edition (2021)Statutes §§8–10, printed pp. 132–135; membership conditions and commitments; Penitentiary rescripts 2 February 1968 and 30 March 2012
- Marian General Superior — Confraternity communiqué, 30 April 2012Prot. 71/2012; perpetual May 18 grant, Penitentiary Prot. 1280/11/I; private statutory-promise renewal; 1968 membership grants
Other qualifying confraternity feasts
Duration varies
No fixed duration is prescribed
The source prescribes no separate timed exercise for this occasion. Follow all membership and usual plenary conditions; their practical time varies.
Timing sources
- Marian Fathers — Confraternity membership FAQWhat indulgences do I receive?; enrollment conditions
- Marian Fathers — Wearing the Blue ScapularConditions for spiritual privileges
- Marian Fathers — The Blue Scapular Prayer Book, fourth amended edition (2021)Statutes §§8–10, printed pp. 132–135; membership conditions and commitments; Penitentiary rescripts 2 February 1968 and 30 March 2012
- Marian General Superior — Confraternity communiqué, 30 April 2012Prot. 71/2012; perpetual May 18 grant, Penitentiary Prot. 1280/11/I; private statutory-promise renewal; 1968 membership grants
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
- The daily Ten Virtues prayers or Divine Mercy Chaplet and Hail Holy Queen are continuing membership obligations; they are not stated here as a separate same-day timed work for every feast.
Occasion and source notes
Dates show customary Roman or proper religious-family celebrations. Follow lawful liturgical transfers and the grant’s own local calendar. Membership, place, frequency and other conditions remain necessary. Annunciation, St Joseph and Immaculate Conception use standard Roman transfer rules where listed. The applicable local or proper calendar, lawful external solemnity and any specific indult govern the actual observance.
Source and exact reference
- Marian Fathers — Confraternity membership FAQWhat indulgences do I receive?; enrollment conditions
- Marian Fathers — Wearing the Blue ScapularConditions for spiritual privileges
- Marian Fathers — The Blue Scapular Prayer Book, fourth amended edition (2021)Statutes §§8–10, printed pp. 132–135; membership conditions and commitments; Penitentiary rescripts 2 February 1968 and 30 March 2012
- Marian General Superior — Confraternity communiqué, 30 April 2012Prot. 71/2012; perpetual May 18 grant, Penitentiary Prot. 1280/11/I; private statutory-promise renewal; 1968 membership grants
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.