There’s a picture of a young Karol Wojtyla as a factory worker posing with a friend during a work break. He is wearing a big smile and a very visible Brown Scapular. As Pope John Paul II, he recalled ...

“Yes, the Rosary and the scapular are inseparable,” Sister Lúcia said during an interview with two Carmelite priests, one a prior from New York, visiting with her in 1949. One Carmelite Father Donald ...

Scapular winging, sometimes called a winged scapula, is a condition that affects the shoulder blades. It causes the shoulder blades to stick out. Scapula is the anatomical term for the shoulder blade.

When speaking of the brown scapular, Pope Pius XII once said: “The devotion to the Carmelite scapular has brought down on the world a copious rain of spiritual and temporal graces.” On the feast 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 ...

I got my scapulars from Lipa and Manaoag and had them blessed there. I’m a devotee of the Lady of the Mediatrix and the Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag. I can’t remember how long I’ve been wearing my ...

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 ...

1 Department of Physical Therapy, High Point University, School of Health Sciences, High Point, North Carolina, USA 2 Department of Physical Therapy, East Tennessee State University, College of ...

COVINGTON, La. — Monday a beloved Covington priest was remembered for his devotion to his church and service to God. Father Otis Young was brutally murdered in what police believe was a random act one ...

Scapular winging involves one or both shoulder blades sticking out from the back rather than lying flat. It is a rare condition that may result from injury or nerve damage. This article will discuss ...