page_title: Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception
section_title: Philippine Association History
hierarchical_section_title: Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception / Philippine Association History
caption_attribution_description: English: La Purisima Inmaculada Concepcion de Maria con Artista Ribera. Por la gloria de la Iglesia Santa Romana Catolica.
context_page_description: Worldwide The Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the oldest lay apostolates still operating in the Roman Catholic Church, having been part of the Congregation of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception founded by Saint Stanislaw Papczynski. "The Blessed Marian Founder fervently encouraged his spiritual sons to establish confraternities of the Immaculate Conception at Marian churches. 'The first laws of the Order of 1694-1698 speak of this already."
  The Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception predates the Congregation of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception. The Blue Scapular originated in Italy and is connected with the person of the Venerable Servant of God, Ursula Benincasa, who, in the year 1583, founded the Congregation of the Oblates of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. She also founded the Hermitage of the Contemplative Nuns of the Immaculate Conception. The rule of both communities was approved by Pope Gregory XV on April 7, 1623.
context_section_description: The Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion (English: Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception) is a Filipino Roman Catholic Marian Apostolate  focusing on the public veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary through various Marian titles found in the Philippines. The group began in 1978 as an offshoot confraternity associated with the Manila Cathedral and the Intramuros Administration of the Philippines.
  In February 2000, it became an approved apostolate under the Archdiocese of Manila through Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin. It is mostly known for the Grand Marian Procession, often held just before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the patronal feast of the Philippines authorised by Pope Pius XII on September 1942 through his Papal Bull Impositi Nobis.
caption: The Immaculate Conception is honored as the principal patroness of the Catholic association.
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