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If you visit Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel today, you can pray at the site of the apparitions, as well as before the incorrupt body of St. Catherine
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In the heart of Paris, at the Daughters of Charity Convent, the Blessed Virgin Mary revealed to the world 180 years ago, two great spiritual treasures - the Miraculous Medal and the Green Scapular. The first treasure, the Miraculous Medal, was given to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830. The Virgin Mary asked her to have medal struck made with the inscription “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” So many miracles and graces were wrought by the wearing of the medal that it soon became known as the Miraculous Medal. The gift of the Green Scapular was revealed to Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu in 1840. Our Lady appeared to her and requested that the Daughters of Charity distribute the Green Scapular, which would help contribute to the conversion of souls, especially unbelievers, and obtain a happy death for them. The words printed on the scapular are “Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.”
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