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In 1832, a cholera epidemic swept Paris and the religious nuns disseminated the medal called the “Medal of fhe Immaculate Conception”. As the epidemic receded and fewer people were infected, and Parisians began to call the medal "miraculous." [3] In 1849, the chapel was expanded and thereafter other modifications were executed. Since 1930 ...
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is located in Rue du Bac, Paris. The Miraculous Medal (French: Médaille miraculeuse), also known as the Medal of Our Lady of Graces, is a devotional medal, the design of which was originated by Catherine Labouré following her apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary [2] in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal of Paris, France.
Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary.She is believed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal, now worn by millions of people around the world.
In 1927, Fr. Joseph Skelly, CM, expanded the chapel to create a shrine to our Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. The focal point of the shrine is a large sculpture of Carrara marble depicting the Blessed Mother extending her arms as she did in her second apparition to Saint Catherine Labouré on November 27, 1830.
He also instituted the World Day of the Sick in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes on 13 May 1992. Pope Benedict XVI issued a novelty coronation towards the Lourdes image on World Day of the Sick in 2007. In September 2008, he visited Lourdes commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Marian apparitions.
[14] The medal eventually produced is most commonly known as the Miraculous Medal due to the many miracles that were connected with it. The front of the medal displays a picture of Mary as Catherine described her. The design on the reverse includes the letter M and a cross. Our Lady of La Salette: 1846 Mount Sous-Les Baisses, La Salette ...
On September 1, 1864, Gainza initiated the Traslación Procession on the Friday before the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, where the image was brought from Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine to the cathedral for a solemn novena, then on the afternoon of the ninth day, a Saturday, returned through the "Traslación por el río" (now called the ...
Third, 25 years of service to the pilgrims and the social works of the “Pilgrim House Foundation” [4] These three reasons made the days of the Novena and the Feast Day (September 5–14) and the pilgrimage of thousands and thousands of pilgrims to the shrine/sanctuary a sight rarely seen before.