Would someone you know appreciate the gift of prayerful, perpetual remembrance at the National Shrine? Enrolling someone is fast and easy, and the spiritual benefits to your enrollee are eternal. The suggested offering for Perpetual Membership is $15 for each person, or $25 for a couple. Premium, deluxe, and family memberships are also available.
Membership offerings and added gifts support AMM’s mission to draw souls to Jesus through devotion to Our Blessed Mother. A portion of these offerings also assist Vincentian ministries and retirement needs, the formation of tomorrow’s priests, and maintenance of the historic Miraculous Medal Shrine here in Perryville, Missouri.
You may enroll someone by phone by calling AMM at 1-800-264-MARY (6279). Or click here.
Para nosotros los hispanos, la familia lo es todo. Es ese hogar del alma donde siempre hay un espacio reservado para nosotros, donde somos amados tal como somos y donde encontramos refugio frente a las presiones del mundo.
De la misma manera, la Familia de la Medalla Milagrosa es una comunidad de oración y devoción a la Virgen María, un refugio espiritual donde siempre hay un lugar no solo para miembros como usted y yo, sino también para seres queridos y amigos.
Al recibir la Membresía Perpetua, esa persona o familia permanece en oración para siempre constante en la Asociación de la Medalla Milagrosa.
Las personas inscritas en una Membresía Perpetua, vivas o difuntas, se recuerdan para siempre en:
Una Misa diaria en el Santuario
Las oraciones personales de los Misioneros Vicentinos y sus obras misioneras
Tres novenas de misas al mes
Treinta misas mensuales por todos los miembros
Muchos ofrecen este regalo espiritual para celebrar un cumpleaños, Bautismo, Primera Comunión, Matrimonio o un aniversario especial. También lo hacen para encomendar a un ser querido a Dios y al cuidado de la Virgen María ante una enfermedad, en momentos difíciles o simplemente para pedir bendiciones y bienestar espiritual.
La ofrenda sugerida para una Membresía Perpetua Clásica[JS5] es de $15 por persona o $25 por pareja. Pero también encontrará otras opciones en el volante adjunto.
Por $5 adicionales, puede obsequiar la Membresía Individual Premium con el nombre de la persona o pareja impreso en el certificado, presentado en una bella carpeta azul cielo que puede enviarse directamente a la persona.
Si desea inscribir a una familia completa, la Membresía Familiar está disponible por $40 e incluye una hermosa carpeta azul con tonos dorados y el nombre de la familia junto a la imagen de Nuestra Señora.
Puede solicitar cualquiera de estas opciones en nuestra página web o llamándonos al 1-800-360-2104.
Las ofrendas por la Membresía Perpetua de una persona, pareja o familia no solo fortalecen esta comunidad de oración constante, sino que también permiten seguir difundiendo la devoción a la Virgen y a su Medalla Milagrosa. Su regalo de oración permanece para siempre, como también perdura el bien que usted hace posible.
En un mundo que con frecuencia deja a muchos de lado, ofrezca un regalo de pertenencia y amor que no termina. En la Familia de la Medalla Milagrosa, la persona inscrita tendrá siempre un lugar ante el altar de María.
Gracias por su devoción y por ayudar a crear un mundo de pertenencia y oración, donde todos tenemos un lugar bajo el manto de Nuestra Señora.
Siempre con la Virgen María,
Rev. Prudencio Rodríguez de Yurre, C.M. Director Espiritual
Lea reflexiones sobre el don de la paz y la confianza en Dios por medio de la amorosa intercesión de la Virgen María. En medio de estos tiempos inciertos, que sea para usted fuente de consuelo, esperanza y renovación en la fe.
En esta primavera, nos alegra ofrecerle una selección de artículos religiosos bendecidos para acompañar su vida de oración y devoción. Que sean para usted un recordatorio tangible de la gracia de Dios y de la presencia amorosa de María.
From April 15-23, the Association of the Miraculous Medal will celebrate a Members’ Novena of Masses to pray for you and your loved ones.
Each month’s novena provides you and fellow AMM members an opportunity to unite in prayer for one another’s intentions. We hope you will participate in one or more of the following ways:
Share your special intentions. We will place your petitions near Mary’s Altar here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, to be remembered in the novena of Masses.
Request a Votive Light to burn as a symbol of your presence with us, reflecting the light of your love and devotion!
Watch this video to learn more about the Shrine and AMM’s ministry to bring Jesus to the world by inspiring devotion to Mary.
Cada año, en el mes dedicado a nuestra Madre del cielo, la comunidad se reúne para honrar a la Virgen María en la Procesión y Coronación de mayo, una tradición profunda para nuestro pueblo. Es un momento para caminar con fe, agradecer los favores recibidos y presentar nuestras luchas y esperanzas a la Madre que siempre escucha.
Por ello, la Asociación de la Medalla Milagrosa le invita a usted y a su familia a unirse a esta celebración el domingo 4 de mayo.
En el Santuario Nacional de la Medalla Milagrosa, en Perryville, Missouri, celebraremos nuestra procesión a la 1:00 p.m. (hora del centro). Desde el Santuario recorreremos el Sendero del Rosario, rezando y elevando cantos en un ambiente de oración.
Después de la Procesión, a las 3:00 p.m.,celebraremos la Santa Misa en español frente al Santuario de María. Durante esta liturgia se llevará a cabo la imposición de la Medalla Milagrosa.
Para quienes se encuentran en California, la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paúl en Los Ángelescelebrará la Coronación de la Virgen María en todas las misas del domingo 4 de mayo (8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. y 2:00 p.m., hora del Pacífico).
Sé que no siempre es posible estar presente físicamente. Por eso le ofrezco esta sencilla pero significativa forma de unirse a nuestra celebración. Por favor envíenossus intenciones de oración para colocarlas ante la Virgen María, donde permanecerán todo el mes de mayo.
La Familia de la Medalla Milagrosa no solo recordará sus intenciones durante esta celebración, sino también en todas las misas del mes de mayo, encomendando sus necesidades a la Virgen María.
No importa la preocupación que lleve en su corazón, grande o pequeña, María siempre está atenta. Ella consuela, sostiene y conduce hacia su Hijo a quienes acuden a ella con fe.
Si usted desea hacerlo y tiene la posibilidad, su donación nos ayuda a continuar esta misión: difundir la devoción a la Virgen María y compartir la Medalla Milagrosa con quienes buscan esperanza.
Para mí es un honor recibir sus intenciones. Son un reflejo de su confianza en la Virgen María, y le agradezco profundamente el privilegio de presentarlas ante ella. Espero que pueda visitarnos en Perryville o en Los Ángeles para vivir esta celebración tan significativa para nuestro pueblo peregrino.
Que Dios bendiga su hogar, y que la Virgen María los acompañe con su ternura y su paz en todo momento. Usted y su familia están siempre en mis oraciones.
Siempre con la Virgen María,
Rev. Prudencio Rodríguez de Yurre, C.M. Director Espiritual
Christians down through the ages have used blessed oil as a symbol of God’s empowering, strengthening, and healing power.
Blessed oil is a Church-approved sacramental. A sacramental is a prayer aid—blessed objects, sacred signs, or actions the faithful use to outwardly express their devotion and openness to God’s grace. Making the Sign of the Cross is a sacramental. Blessed items like a rosary, crucifix, or scapular are sacramentals. Holy water and blessed oil are sacramentals.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal offers oil that has been blessed and touched to a relic of Saint Catherine Labouré. I invite you to request a half-ounce bottle for a suggested offering of $19. Also available to order by phone.
Or you may prefer to order the Blessed Trio Set of holy water, blessed oil, and blessed and exorcised salt. Your offering covers more than the cost of these items. The excess flows out to the world—bringing God’s love and healing to souls through Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
Click here to find the instructions to be used when blessing yourself or another with blessed oil.
Here’s a story I’ve shared before. It’s an inspiring example of how one AMM member used blessed oil to bless his spouse.
“When my wife was in hospice, she would sometimes get very uncomfortable in between doses of her medications. I would rub blessed oil on her forehead, and every time, it seemed to make her calm and ease her pain.”
Let me emphasize something important. Sacramentals and prayer are never substitutes for taking prescribed medicines or seeking medical attention. Nor are they the same as receiving the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick from a priest.
Sacramentals are used as a sign of faith in God’s power to intervene in our lives. We may ask for the miraculous. Then, by faith, we are called to entrust the outcome to Our Lord in perfect peace, the gift he promised the world at the Last Supper.
I would also like to pray for Our Blessed Mother’s intercession for you and any loved ones in need of renewed health of body, mind, or spirit. I invite you to send me these names.
These loved ones will be remembered in the daily Mass and prayers here at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. You may also request Votive Lights to burn for your needs and those of your loved ones.
May God continue to bless all our efforts to serve him and draw us ever closer to himself.
O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Sincerely yours in Our Lady,
P.S. Used in faith and prayer, sacramentals like blessed oil can open hearts to receive the blessings God desires to bestow upon his children.
“…they should pray over him and anoint [him] with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save…” James 5:14-15
Blessed oil is a Church-approved sacramental. A sacramental is a prayer aid—an object or ritual act that expresses one’s devotion and openness to God’s grace. A rosary, a Miraculous Medal, making the Sign of the Cross, and blessed elements, including water, salt, and oil, are all sacramentals.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal carries oil that has been blessed and touched to a relic of Saint Catherine Labouré. You may request a half-ounce bottle for a suggested offering of $19.
Your offering covers the cost of the item and also supports AMM’s ministry to bring God’s love and healing to souls by promoting devotion to Our Blessed Mother.
As we enter into the most sacred days of the Liturgical year, you are invited to request a Votive Light and send your special intentionsfor your needs or the needs of someone close to you. Your light will shine, and your petitions will be remembered during the Masses and prayers at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal throughout the Easter season.
We rejoice in the eternal life Jesus has won for us! As we will sing joyfully in the Easter Mass Sequence, “Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!”
Thank you for uniting with AMM members in prayerful devotion this Easter season. May the Lord be your blessed hope today and always.
Christians worldwide will celebrate Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, on March 29.
Let us ask Our Lady to guide us in prayer as we enter into the Paschal Mystery of Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection –– the revelation around which our faith revolves and the reason we are a people of hope.
Send us your intentions and those of your loved ones for remembrance in the Masses and prayers during Holy Week and throughout the 50-day Easter season.
You may also request a Votive Light to burn as a joyous expression of your love and gratitude for the gift of salvation — won for you by God’s only begotten Son, given to the world through Mary, Our Blessed Mother.
Holy Week Services at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal:
—March 29: Palm Sunday Mass, 11:00 a.m., CT
—March 30, 31, April 1: Weekday Mass, 12:10 p.m., CT
—April 5: Easter Sunday Mass, 11:00 a.m., CT
The Visitor Center and Gift Shop will be closed April 3, Good Friday, and April 5, Easter Sunday. The National Shrine Church and campus remain open daily during daylight hours for self-guided tours.
May the One who is first and last be your Way, Truth, and Life, forever and ever. Amen.
Last spring, Reader’s Digest published 20 short “mom stories” – touching memories shared from the heart.
In one story, Teresa from Illinois talks about her mother, who grew up in a communist country. One day her mother met a very poor blind woman with her daughter. In a sudden act of deep compassion, she loaned them money.
Then, great worry set in. But, Teresa says, “They miraculously returned every cent.” Two decades later, Teresa’s mother came to the U.S. The Catholic Church provided food for her and her many children. She later paid that kindness back. Teresa’s generation has carried on their mother’s compassion and generosity.
In the Old Testament, becoming a mother was seen as the greatest gift God could give a woman. A mother’s love can change a heart, a family, a future, and the world. Perhaps your mother has been an example of love and charity for you.
Look how the Blessed Virgin Mary’s love has changed many lives.
As an additional outward sign of your faith and devotion, you may request a Votive Light to burn at the National Shrine.
“The most important person on earth is a mother,” Venerable Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty boldly suggested. For those of us fortunate to have a mother like Teresa’s, it is easy to see why he believed that!
Any offering you send will help AMM to share the love of Jesus and Mary with people around the world. Our spiritual ministry includes distributing nearly two million blessed Miraculous Medals and thousands of spiritual greetings like those enclosed every year.
Like Teresa’s mother, members of the Association of the Miraculous Medal are moved with compassion at so many needs around us. United in mission, we desire to enrich those who are spiritually poor, through Mary’s intercession and by walking with them along life’s journey in the joyous hope of salvation that Mary’s Son has won for us.
May God bless your continuing efforts to serve him as he draws you ever closer to himself.
For more than twenty-five years, the Association of the Miraculous Medal at the National Shrine has offered members Marian-themed Spiritual Remembrance Cards for Mother’s Day. You may request these greetings to honor the beloved moms and mother figures in your life. Your recipients will be remembered on Mother‘s Day and during the daily Mass celebrated at the National Shrine throughout the month of May. You may also send your special intentions and request a Votive Light to burn for your loved ones as another sign of your affection.
Any offering you make is deeply appreciated. Your generosity will further AMM’s ministry to draw all people closer to Jesus by inspiring devotion to Our Blessed Mother, Mary.
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