Scapulars have blackish edged white outer webs, forming a line of white spots across the shoulder. Feet are proportionately large. Occurs in rufous and gray morphs as well as intermediate brownish ...

There are so many devotions and expressions of popular piety within our church and across the globe that you probably cannot ...

Male western also has at least some rufous on upperparts, particularly on scapulars. Common in the eastern three-fifths of the lower 48 states and in southern Canada; uncommon and local in ...

Superstitions and religious beliefs were mixed up together. Some farmers’ wives tied holy medals and scapulars around cows’ horns so as they wouldn’t get brucellosis. The Banshee was feared ...

The female was about an inch shorter. The head and upper parts of the male pigeon were a clear bluish gray with black streaks on the scapulars and wing coverts. Patches of pinkish iridescence at the ...

According to the National Audubon Society: “Spring males have sharp pattern, with black head and back, orange-buff scapulars and chest, but females and winter males are plainer. Note white rump ...

"The head and upper parts of the male pigeon were a clear bluish gray with black streaks on the scapulars and wing coverts," ...

A. By strange gods the commandment means idols or false gods, which the Israelites frequently worshipped when, through their sins, they had abandoned the true God. Q. 1142. How may we, in a sense ...

Q. 1094. How many kinds of scapulars are there in use among the faithful? A. Among the faithful there are many kinds of scapulars in use, such as the brown scapular or scapular of Mount Carmel ...

Center volunteers, many of whom are Knights of Columbus, visit merchant ships at the Port of Baltimore Monday through Saturday, dropping off rosaries, scapulars and prayer cards, along with ...

Each confraternity crafts its own devil masks, which are worn with crosses, scapulars and blessed palm leaves. Dancers also use bells, handkerchiefs and strips of ribbon as protection from evil ...

Scapulars, medals, relics and the sacramentals: the value of all of these depends on this mystery. The Incarnation also demonstrates that powerful human emotions of joy and sorrow are not foreign to ...