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The apron Our Lady made her own At Catholic Exchange, Fr William Saunders told the story of the scapular – a piece of cloth originally worn as an apron and part of monks’ habits. Lay people took to wearing smaller versions: two small pieces of cloth, attached to string and worn around the neck. “Eventually these smaller scapulars were marks of membership in confraternities, groups of laity who joined together, attaching themselves to the apostolate of a religious community and accepting certain rules and regulations.”
