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As we look toward the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, you are invited to place yourself and your needs in Mary’s loving hands in a very special way. On the September 15 feast day, Vincentians and staff at the Association of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri, will celebrate Mass and offer a special remembrance of your intentions. Your shared petitions will be placed into the hands of this statue at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, a sign of your faith-filled appeal to Jesus, presented through Mary. Be sure to read Fr. Kevin’s letter.  Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us!

As teachers and students prepare to return to the classroom, please join AMM members in praying for them. Click here to share the names of those you’d like remembered in the daily Mass and prayers offered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal throughout the coming school year. For a suggested offering of $10 each, you may also request the “Backpack Mary Medal” with a lobster claw clasp to give as a thoughtful back-to-school gift for a special child, grandchild, or teacher. You may also request up to 500 free, blessed Miraculous Medals on story cards to distribute to Catholic schoolchildren, educators, and family members. Each medal comes on an attractive fold-over card explaining its origin. (Browse AMM’s online gift shop for more medal options, Votive Light cards, and more.)

As Fr. Kevin’s letter reminds us, Mary desires to bring her children to the fullness of truth. She inspires teachers and students who are open to her promptings. Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, pray for us!

Tuesday, July 18, marks the 193rd anniversary of Our Lady’s first appearance to Sister Catherine Labouré at the chapel in the Daughters of Charity Motherhouse in Paris. On this night, Mary spoke of God’s future mission for the young novice. She also promised that heaven’s graces would be shed upon all who asked for them. We will remember this blessed occasion during that day’s Mass and prayers at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Send your special intentions to be placed near the foot of Our Blessed Mother’s Shrine Altar for remembrance. You may also burn a Votive Light inside the Shrine’s beautiful Votive Light Sanctuary. Finally, this video highlights a statue on the Shrine grounds depicting that moment when Catherine took Mary’s hand in complete trust and devotion. Our Lady is just as near to you. What would you ask of Mary today?

Send your petitions and burn Votive Lights at Our Lady’s National Shrine here in Perryville, Missouri, for the Mother of Divine Grace Novena, beginning July 14. Your petitions will be remembered in our daily Mass and prayers throughout the nine days of the novena and on the feast of the Mother of Divine Grace on July 23. Grace is a free gift from God to man. Our Lady, who is the Mother of Divine Grace, recognizes that we are in need of God’s grace. She reminds us to ask for it. Let Our Blessed Mother intercede for you with her loving Son. I also invite you to say this prayer to Our Lady throughout the nine days of this novena.

The Church observes the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Friday, September 8. On that day, we will begin an octave of prayer at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. You are invited to entrust your intentions to the Mother of God, for Our Lady desires that all souls unite with her Son Jesus. You may also request to burn a Votive Light in Our Lady’s honor.

Be sure to read Fr. Kevin’s letter to learn more about the commemorative birthday candle members are creating. “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.”

Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary, deserving of all praise;
from you rose the sun of justice, Christ our God.
Alleluia acclamation, September 8, 2023

You are invited to appeal to Mary’s intercession for the physical or spiritual healing of your loved one. Intercessory prayer is one of the most comforting gifts you could offer in someone’s moment of need. Mary, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, has promised to obtain graces for all who approach her in faith and with confidence. 

Request your Miraculous Medal Healing Remembrance Card to send as a gift of comfort and prayer-filled hope to loved ones who are ailing in body, mind, or spirit. If you send AMM the name of your recipients, they will be remembered in the daily Mass and prayers here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri, for as long as there is need of healing. Read Father Kevin’s letter here.

Whether your family is taking a vacation or “staycation” this summer, now is a good time to ask Our Lady to be with you in a special way. Here’s a special Prayer for Travelers. We hope your plan includes visiting the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri, where you can personally place your petitions inside the Shrine Church. Or, share your special intentions for remembrance in daily Mass and/or burn a Votive Light now from the comfort of your own home.

Please share your prayer intentions for remembrance in our annual Assumption Novena of Masses beginning Sunday, August 6. Throughout the nine days, we will call to mind Our Lady’s Assumption into heaven, declared as official dogma of the Church in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. This year’s August 15 feast day readings highlight Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant, the queen who takes her place at God’s right hand, and one who is blessed because she hears the word of God and observes it. 

Ask heaven’s favored daughter to lift up your prayers into God’s presence during the Solemnity observance. You may also request a Votive Light to burn as a sign of your prayerful presence for this joyous feast. Your intentions will be remembered through the Solemnity of the Assumption Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on Tuesday, August 15 at 12:10 p.m., CT.  Read Father Kevin’s letter about the Assumption.

“When I was my father’s child … He taught me and said to me: ‘Let your heart hold fast my words … On the way of wisdom I direct you, I lead you on straight paths.’” (Proverbs 4: 3-4,11)

Celebrate the loving fathers and father figures in your life. Whether they are living or deceased, you can offer the loving gift of prayer by sending the names of your loved ones for remembrance. You are invited to join fellow AMM members in praying this Father’s Day prayer.

Beginning Saturday, June 10, the Association will celebrate its June Novena of Masses to pray for members and their intentions.

The novena spans three important Church feasts: the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (June 11), the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 16), and the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 17). It concludes on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18.

You are invited to entrust your needs and those of your loved ones to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal during this very special observance. Your petitions will be placed near Mary’s Altar here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal and remembered in the daily Mass and prayers throughout the nine days. You may also burn a Votive Light as a sign of your spiritual presence.

Through Mary’s intercession, may you draw ever closer to the Sacred Heart of her Son. We invite you to unite with us in offering up this Miraculous Medal Novena Prayer daily from June 10-18.

Don’t miss the engaging stories in AMM’s 2023 Summer Bulletin. In this issue, Father Kevin explores one of Saint Paul’s central teachings about the Body of Christ, the Church. A new Thinking of You Votive Light card is available for you to send to loved ones. AMM member, Nancy Jennings, shares a thoughtful reflection on her mother’s deep devotion to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. And, as always, Don Fulford adds his own insightful perspective on our spiritual journey in the Body of Christ. Browse AMM’s online gift shop for all your summer gift-giving needs. You may also send your intentions to be remembered this summer.

AMM will hold its annual Pentecost Novena of Masses here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal beginning this Friday, May 19. 

Please join your AMM family in prayer, adding your intentions alongside theirs. The petitions you share will be entrusted to Our Lady and rest near her Shrine Altar throughout the novena, concluding with the Solemnity of Pentecost on May 28.

You may also burn a Votive Light as a visible sign of your loving, prayerful support shining in the lives of those for whom you’re praying. 

“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.”  Acts 2:1-4

 May Our Lady obtain for you and your loved ones a generous share in the gifts of the Spirit to draw you ever closer to her Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ.