Stories

Browse testimonies, encounters, reflections, and voices from around the world.

A Healing I Cannot Explain

I went to Lourdes expecting nothing. I came home without the pain I had carried for eleven years. I do not know what to call what happened.

How I Found My Way Back

I left the Church at nineteen and did not return for sixteen years. What brought me back was not an argument. It was a medal I found in a drawer.

The Medal That Crossed With Me

I left Honduras with almost nothing. I carried a medal my mother had pressed into my hand at the door. I do not think I would have made it without it.

A Dream I Could Not Dismiss

I am not someone who puts weight on dreams. But I dreamed of a chapel I had never seen, and six months later I walked into it.

The Same Medal, Different Hands

My father gave his medal to a man he met in a hospital waiting room. Twenty years later, that man's daughter gave it back to our family. Neither of them had planned any of it.

The Stranger on the Train

She sat across from me for four hours. She said almost nothing. When she left, I found a medal on the seat where she had been sitting.

Something to Leave Behind

My father died with a Miraculous Medal in his hand. I had put it there. I have thought about that moment almost every day since.

The Drawer and the Giving

I have kept a small supply of Miraculous Medals in my kitchen drawer for years. I give them away when it seems right. It seems right more often than I expected.

In Silence, the Medal Speaks

I have prayed with words for most of my life. In the years since my son died, I have prayed mostly without them. The medal has been my prayer.

What This Small Thing Carries

I have tried to explain the medal to people who do not wear one. I have not always succeeded. But I keep trying, because the explanation matters.

Sister Catherine Labouré

The life and spiritual journey of Saint Catherine Labouré, recipient of the Miraculous Medal vision.

St. Maximilian Kolbe

The martyr of charity who gave his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz and spread devotion to the Miraculous Medal worldwide.

Mother Teresa

The extraordinary life of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Nobel Peace Prize winner and devoted servant of the poorest of the poor.