Purple Scapular

[KreKre]

Does anyone have at home the Purple Scapular of Benediction and Protection, the one Marie-Julie Jahenny received in vision from Our Lady in 1878? Should I get one and ask a priest to bless it? I learned about it today, and it seems like a nice thing, but I find it a bit strange it's not a scapular that one wears, but that is displayed at home.

[Michael Wilson]

Marie Julie Jahenny's alleged apparitions and messages have not been approved by the Church authorities.

[drummerboy]

Marie Julie Jahenny's alleged apparitions and messages have not been approved by the Church authorities.

Are there any relevant documents or articles on this?

[Acolyte]

I have one I received as a gift.

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[Michael Wilson]

Here is the article from the wiki in French, which I ran through the computer translator, and here are some highlights:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Julie_Jahenny

Marie-Julie Jahenny is said to have had more than three thousand visions between 1873 and 1941 during her ecstasies. They were transcribed by Father David from 1873 to 1877. This corpus is called the "Journal de La Fraudais" and covers thirty notebooks. After the priest of Blain was removed, relatives, such as the brothers Adolphe and Auguste Charbonnier, respectively inspector of the Registry of Estates and notary, Madame Grégoire and other faithful took over. These texts, some of which exist only in the form of copies, are scattered and have never been the subject of a complete edition. According to Yves Chiron, the question is raised of their authenticity. It is not known whether these are literal transcriptions or rewritings, in the way that the German writer Clemens Brentano reported the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich5.
On several occasions, "the most prolific mysticism on this theme" – according to Paul Airiau21 – announces the ascension of the "Great Monarch" to the throne of France, a king named Henry V of the Cross (whom the faithful of mysticism equate with Henri d'Artois, Count of Chambord, the last legitimate pretender to the throne of France). These prophecies, made in Gallo patois, were translated into French and transcribed by two clerics from the vicinity of La Fraudais, Adolphe and Auguste Charbonnier, members of the association Les Amis de la Croix, created in 1873 to promote and financially support mysticism. Members of this association served as director, private assistant and secretary. The clergy, whether in Blain or Nantes, gave no credence to these prophecies, believing that the prophetess's supporters were trying to get their political messages across through her4.
Under Suspicion
Suspicion After the death of Félix Fournier in June 1877, Marie-Julie Jahenny was held under suspicion by the diocesan authorities. In July, the new bishop, Jules-François Le Coq, ordered Father David to cease his visits to the stigmatized woman and appointed him pastor of another parish5.
The parish priest of Blain, Father Audrian, who had been hostile to the phenomenon from the beginning, drew up a file for the new bishop, dated October 15, 1877, aimed at demonstrating that the mystic's behavior, and therefore her religious experience, did not fit in with the expected holiness. In it, he accused Marie-Julie Jahenny of lies, lack of modesty and insubordination to ecclesiastical authority. Taking up the conclusions of doctors Joüon and Vignard in 1873, the abbot described the ecstasies of the stigmatized woman as "nervous breakdowns", thus presenting her mystical experience as a fraud13. From July 1877 to December 1888, the bishop forbade Marie-Julie Jahenny to approach the sacraments23,5. Pierre-Émile Rouard, bishop of Nantes from 1896 to 1914, had pilgrims forbidden access to La Fraudais24.
Final years and death In the last years of her life, Marie-Julie Jahenny's stigmata faded and, from her eightieth year, were no longer visible26. Her family is no longer there, a dog warns the old lady of the arrival of visitors4. The last of his ecstasies took place on October 24, 194027. She fell ill on February 26 and was in a coma when she was administered extreme unction. She died on March 4, 1941. His mortal remains are dressed in the habit of the tertiaries of Saint Francis of Assisi: black veil and robe of bure. After a simple absolution in the church of Blain, the beer, on which no wreath had been laid, was taken to the cemetery of the commune and placed in the depository on 8 March, the burial taking place on 17 March in a vault prepared for this purpose28.
The death of the mystic of Blain was reported in L'Ouest-Éclair of 9 March 194129. Earlier, on 28 February, Le Petit Parisien reported on the recent visit of one of its journalists to Marie-Julie Jahenny27. In its edition of 13 March 1941, the New York Times devoted a few lines to his death30. The same year, the book Quelques souvenirs sur Marie-Julie, la stigmatisée de Blain by the journalist Jacqueline Bruno was censored by the bishop of Nantes.Note 5, 31
 

[TradGranny]

Does anyone have at home the Purple Scapular of Benediction and Protection, the one Marie-Julie Jahenny received in vision from Our Lady in 1878? Should I get one and ask a priest to bless it? I learned about it today, and it seems like a nice thing, but I find it a bit strange it's not a scapular that one wears, but that is displayed at home.

Yes we have one which is draped over the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, next to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. First thing visitors see when they come in the door. Our TLM Dominican priest blessed it for us.
Here's info:
https://marie-juliejahenny.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_7.html

[nmoerbeek]

I do.  I have hade one up for years.  One of its graces is to punish blasphemy.  Someone once came to my house and blasphemed and within the next few moments slipped and fell on their bottom.