News from the Association

September 8 marks the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The date is fixed exactly nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. AMM continues its tradition to honor Mary’s birth with an octave of prayer beginning that Tuesday. Our observance runs through the September 12 feast of the Holy Name […]

In 1917, Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children in the countryside of Portugal. In the midst of a global war, Mary gave them an urgent message for the world—to seek holiness in Jesus through praying the Rosary. During Mary’s final apparition in Fatima, some 70,000 pilgrims witnessed the sun dance in the sky and […]

Most of us know someone in need of healing, whether in body, mind, or spirit. On Tuesday, July 28, at 12:10 p.m., CT, AMM’s spiritual director Father Clayton Kilburn, C.M., will preside at a Healing Mass here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. You are invited to submit your intentions […]

On July 18, we mark the 196th anniversary of Our Blessed Mother’s first appearance to Sister Catherine Labouré at the Daughters of Charity Motherhouse Chapel in Paris. On that night in 1830, Our Lady shared a long, personal conversation with the young novice. Mary spoke of trials to come and added a promise that heaven’s […]

Send your petitions and burn Votive Lights at Our Lady’s National Shrine here in Perryville, Missouri, during the Association’s annual Mother of Divine Grace Novena. 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, Thursday, July […]

Join members of Mary’s Association in praying for students and educators as they return to the classroom. You may share the names and/or burn a Votive Light for 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. […]

Please share your prayer intentions for remembrance in our annual Assumption Novena of Masses beginning Thursday, August 6, on which the Church also celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration. Throughout the nine days, we will call to mind the privilege bestowed upon Mary –– being taken up, “assumed” into heaven, body and soul, declared as […]

We hope your plans include a visit to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri. Thousands of visitors find a haven of hope and peace awaiting them at the Shrine.  You can personally place your prayer intentions near Our Lady’s Shrine Altar inside the church. If a visit is […]

Honor the loving fathers, grandfathers, foster fathers, and father figures in your life with the gift of prayerful remembrance at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Whether living or deceased, share the names of your loved ones here. Each loved one will share in the intercessory prayers offered at the Shrine […]

This nine-day dedication of prayer leads up to the June 12 Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the June 13 Memorial Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. You are invited to place your novena intentions for remembrance in prayer at Mary’s Altar inside the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous […]

“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” This year, AMM is focusing on the theme of peace –– sharing Christ’s peace with all the world and everyone we meet. On the day Our Lord bestowed the gift of his Holy Spirit upon the disciples, he greeted them with […]

On Sunday, May 3, hundreds of visitors from far and near gathered in prayer at the National Shrine to honor Our Blessed Mother during the annual May Procession. Father Clay Kilburn led the procession from the Shrine Church to Mary’s grotto, where a floral wreath was presented to Mary. The wreath was made from thousands […]