FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL On this date in 1830, the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Labouré and revealed to her the Miraculous Medal, promising that all who wear it in good faith will receive great graces. One hundred years later, on Dec. 8, 1830, Fr. Joseph Skelly, CM, introduced the Perpetual Novena at The Basilica Shrine, a weekly veneration of Our Lady that has continued unbroken to this day. Join every Monday in person or online as we devote ourselves to Mary. 👉 ht

On this day in 1830, on the eve of what St. Catherine Labouré and the Daughters of Charity would have celebrated as the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Labouré for the first time. That night, the voice of a child, Catherine’s guardian angel, awoke her from her slumber, saying, “Sister Labouré, come to the chapel; the Blessed Virgin awaits you.” The chapel was aglow as if prepared for midnight Mass, and, as Catherine knelt by the altar steps, she heard