Yes, I've heard of it. 

AFAIK it can only replace the brown wool scapular in cases of necessity. I read the original permission was given for use in the tropics for the natives, because they wore little clothing and the scapulars would deteriorate quickly. This permission was also used by soldiers during war. Im not sure if anyone nowadays would have an adequate excuse to replace the wool scapular with the medal, it's probably mostly done out of "convenience". The wool scapulars can be covered in another material or a case if someone is sensitive to wool, and the cord can be replaced with a chain

The Scapular Medal
Holy Office of Rome
In 1910, Pope St. Pius X introduced a scapular medal which may be substituted in most cases for any of the various scapulars. Valid enrollment in the scapulars must, however, be made before the substitution.
The decree, in translation, reads thus:
"For the future all the faithful already inscribed or who shall be inscribed in one or other of the real Scapulars approved by the Holy See (excepting those which are proper to the Third Orders) by what is known as regular enrollment may, instead of the cloth scapulars, one or several, wear on their persons, either round the neck or otherwise, provided it be in a becoming manner, a single medal of metal, through which, by the observance of laws laid down for each scapular, they shall be enabled to share in and gain all the spiritual favors (not excepting what is known as the Sabbatine Privilege of the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel), and all the privileges attached to each.
"The right side of this medal must show the image of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Jesus Christ, showing His Sacred Heart, and the obverse that of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. It must be blessed with a separate blessing for each of the scapulars in which the person has been enrolled and for which the wearer wishes it to suffice. Finally, these separate blessings may be given by a single sign of the cross (<unico crucis signo>), whether in the act of enrollment or later at the convenience of those enrolled, it matters not how long after the enrollment or in what order they may have taken place; the blessing may be given by a priest other than the one who made the enrollment, as long as he possesses the faculty, ordinary, or delegated, of blessing the different scapulars-the limitations, clauses, and conditions attached to the faculty he uses still holding their force. All things to the contrary, even those calling for special mention, notwithstanding" (Holy Office, Rome, December 16, 1910).


The Medal has the image of the Sacred Heart and on the reverse the image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

So according to this I can wear one scapular medal and have it blessed with multiple different scapular devitions?

hmmmmm how many scapular devotions does the Church have?

Looking around I have found this

Church has approved 18 different scapulars

The brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This scapular is the best known and most popular of the different scapulars. According to tradition, our Blessed Mother appeared to St. Simon Stock at Cambridge, England on Sunday, July 16, 1251. (In our liturgical year, July 16th is the feast day for Our Lady of Mount Carmel.) She presented him with the scapular and said, "Take, beloved son, this scapular of thy order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace; whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire. It is the sign of salvation, a safeguard in dangers, a pledge of peace and of the covenant." In this apparition and gift, our Blessed Mother promised a special protection for all members of the Carmelite Order, and a special grace at the hour of death to all who wear the scapular so that they would not perish in Hell but would be taken up to Heaven by her on the first Saturday after their death. (Note that the Church does not teach that wearing a scapular is some sure ticket to Heaven; rather, we must strive to be in a state of grace, implore our Lord's forgiveness and trust in the maternal aid of our Blessed Mother — all positive acts of a person who wears a scapular sincerely.)

The red scapular of Christ's Passion. In 1846, Christ appeared to a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and presented a red scapular: One side depicts our crucified Lord with the implements of the passion at the foot of the cross; around the image is the inscription, "Holy Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, save us." On the other side, the Hearts of Jesus and Mary are depicted, with the surrounding inscription, "Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, protect us." Christ promised that all who wear this scapular on every Friday would have a great increase of faith, hope and charity. This apparition was repeated several times, and on June 25, 1847, Pope Pius IX formally approved the scapular and granted permission for its blessing and investiture.

The black scapular of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. After Pope Alexander IV's formal establishment of the Servite Order in 1255, lay men and women formed a confraternity in honor of the seven sorrows of Mary. As a sign of membership, they wore a black scapular, usually with an image of our Mother of Sorrows on the front.

The blue scapular of the Immaculate Conception. In 1581, Venerable Ursula Benicasa, foundress of the Order of Theatine Nuns, had a vision of our Lord who revealed to her the habit and scapular her community was to wear in honor of the Immaculate Conception. Venerable Ursula implored our Lord to grant the same graces to the faithful who would wear a small, light blue scapular, bearing on one side the image of the Immaculate Conception and on the other the name "Mary." In 1671, Pope Clement X granted permission to bless and invest people with this scapular. Later in 1894, a Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God, Mary was established for all who wear this scapular.

The white scapular of the Holy Trinity. When Pope Innocent III approved of the order of the Trinitarians on Jan. 28, 1198, an angel appeared to him, wearing a white garment on which was a cross formed of a blue horizontal bar and a red vertical bar. This garment became the habit of the Trinitarians, and eventually was the model for the scapular worn by the lay people who became members of the Confraternity of the Most Blessed Trinity.

The green scapular. In 1840, our Blessed Mother gave the green scapular of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to Sister Justine Bisqueyburu, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. She belonged to the same community as St. Catherine Laboure, to whom our Blessed Mother had manifested the Miraculous Medal ten years earlier. This green scapular has the image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on one side, and the image of the Immaculate Heart itself, pierced by a sword, surrounded by the inscription, "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death." This scapular can simply be blessed by a priest, and then worn, or placed in one's clothing, on the bed or in the room. Pope Pius IX approved the green scapular in 1863 and again in 1870.

So that's 6 different scapulars, does anyone know of the other 12? And are these 6 all real/legit?

Out of these 6 it seems a layperson can have the; brown, red, blue and green scapular without being apart of a Confraternity, unless I am mistaken?

I found this on wikipedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia lists 18 small scapulars approved by the Roman Catholic church:[16]

The White Scapular of the Most Blessed Trinity (1193)
The White Scapular of Our Lady of Ransom (1218)
The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (1250)
The Black Scapular of the Seven Sorrows of Mary (1255)
The Blue Scapular of the Immaculate Conception
The Red Scapular of the Most Precious Blood
The Black Scapular of the Passion (1720)
The Red Scapular of the Passion (1846)
The Black Scapular of Help of the Sick (1860)
The White Scapular of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1877)
The Blue and Black Scapular of St. Michael the Archangel (1880)
The Scapular of St. Benedict (1882)
The Scapular of the Holy Face (1885)
The White Scapular of the Our Lady of Good Counsel (1893)
The White Scapular of St. Joseph (1898)
The White Scapular of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (1900)
The Scapular of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1901)
The White Scapular of St. Dominic (1903)

I will have to look into them when I have time, does anyone here know much about them?

I used to wear what is called the Five-Fold Scapular, which is the brown, black, blue, red, and white scapulars sewn together at the top. I'd like to get another one, but they're hard to find.

Wow, never heard of that. Do you need to follow five separate devotions if you wear it?

Wow, never heard of that. Do you need to follow five separate devotions if you wear it?

Of course you do!  A scapular is a blessed sacramental not a lucky charm.  It's worn because of the particular devotion you have.
A lay person would hardly have the time to practice all five devotions fully in addition to daily obligations.
This goes for ANY sacramental you choose, so be very careful you know all about the devotion before you commit to it.

Of course you do!  A scapular is a blessed sacramental not a lucky charm.  It's worn because of the particular devotion you have.
A lay person would hardly have the time to practice all five devotions fully in addition to daily obligations.
This goes for ANY sacramental you choose, so be very careful you know all about the devotion before you commit to it.

No ... you don't.  You can simply wear it and it comes with various promises and indulgences.

Let's not buy the old Novus Ordo Modernist "not a lucky charm" kind of thinking.  There is in fact some ex opere operato benefit (and actual grace) that comes from the Sacramentals.  That's Novus Ordo derision of the notion just one step removed from the Prot mindset that denounced the Sacraments for the same reason.

When Sacramentals are blessed, that tends to draw angelic enforcement of whatever graces the sacramental might intend to confer.  So, for instance, if you have holy water, angels enforced a dispersal of various evil entities might otherwise attack someone.

So, for the Five-Fold Scapular, you do need to be enrolled in it by someone with the faculties to enroll.  Used to be it was reserved to Redemptorists.  Each of the individual ones various different orders have the ability to enroll, and the Brown Scapular any priest can enroll people in.  I was enrolled by an elderly Traditional priest in Chicago who had gotten the faculties to do so from Rome, even though he wasn't a Redemptorist.

It's an error to claim that any effect that sacramentals may have comes ex opere operantis, i.e. from your personal devotion.  So, for instnace, the promise not to go to Hell if you die wearing (aka enrolled in and habitually wearing) the Brown Scapular ... it means something, and doesn't merely have its effect because "if you are devoted to it, you will be inspired not to be lost".  God's Providence will honor legitimate and approved promises, so that He will indeed prevent someone from dying and going to Hell if they regularly / habitually wear the Brown Scapular.