▁happy ▁death ▁and ▁for ▁those ▁already ▁dece ased ▁speed y ▁assistance ▁and ▁liber ation ▁from ▁the ▁p ains ▁of ▁p urg atory . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁formal ▁con fr atern ity ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁Im mac ulate ▁Con ception . ▁A ▁highly ▁v ener ated ▁painting ▁of ▁the ▁Virgin ▁was ▁adopted ▁as ▁the ▁tit ular ▁picture , ▁and ▁it ▁received ▁all ▁the ▁indul gen ces ▁of ▁the ▁con fr atern ity ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁in ▁Ara ▁Co eli ▁at ▁Rome ▁( th ese ▁being ▁the ▁indul gen ces ▁of ▁the ▁Blue ▁Sc ap ular ). ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁it ▁had ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁members ; ▁almost ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Mass es ▁were ▁daily ▁celebrated ▁for ▁the ▁intent ions ▁of ▁the ▁Marian ▁Mass ▁Association , ▁which ▁aim ed ▁to ▁particularly ▁assist ▁the ▁most ▁recently ▁dece ased ▁members ; ▁however ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁this ▁con fr atern ity ▁has ▁f aded ▁into ▁obsc urity . ▁ ▁After ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ▁At ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁the ▁old ▁con fr atern ities ▁which ▁were ▁generally ▁conf ined ▁to ▁a ▁town ▁or ▁small ▁district ▁gradually ▁disappeared ▁or ▁preserved ▁only ▁a ▁s embl ance ▁of ▁continu ation . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁they ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁vig orous ▁new ▁associations , ▁which , ▁rich ly ▁end owed ▁with ▁indul gen ces ▁by