Miraculous Medal

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
	Statue depicting Our Lady of Graces of the Miraculous Medal.
Location	Paris, France
Date	18 July 1830; 27 November 1830
Witness	Saint Catherine Labouré
Type	Marian apparition
Approval	1836; Archbishop Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen; Archdiocese of Paris
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Shrine	Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Paris, France
Patronage	Special graces, miracles of healing, conversions, believers

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.

The medal, a sacramental, was made by the goldsmith Adrien Vachette.^[3] According to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, sacramentals,^[4] by the Church's prayer, prepare the faithful to receive grace and dispose them to cooperate with it.^[5]

^ Dirvin, Fr. Joseph. "Saint Catherine Laboure of the Miraculous Medal". EWTN. Archbishop de Quelen [decided] to institute a canonical inquiry. He appointed Monseigneur Quentin, Vicar General of Paris, to conduct it. The sessions were opened on 1836 . The findings of the Canonical Inquiry of Paris completely vindicated Catherine. The court extolled her character and virtue, and placed wholehearted credence in her visions. Two important conclusions were reached: that the Medal was of supernatural origin, and that the wonders worked through it were genuine.
^ Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 0-87973-910-X p. 356
^ "AMM - Miraculous Medal Story". www.amm.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
^ Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2019. Paragraph 1674.
^ Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2019. Paragraph 1670.