The image of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal will be available for public veneration from November 18 to 27, 2016 at the Our Lady of Veritas Chapel in Quezon City.
The Medal of the Immaculate Conception, commonly known as “Miraculous Medal” owes its origin to the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Chapel of the Rue du Bac, Paris in the year 1830. She appeared as the Immaculata to St. Catherine Laboure, a novice with the Daughters of Charity. On July 18, the Immaculate Virgin, seated in the same chapel, had spoken gentle words of encouragement to the young novice. On November 27 that same year, the Virgin Mother showed St. Catherine the design of a medal which would remind people of the love and protection that Our Lady continually offers to God’s children.
In the Philippines, the site of the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Muntinlupa City as well as the image enshrined in it was donated by a generous Marian devotee, Mrs. Estela Posadas. The church’s structure was done by another Marian devotee Architect Jose Zaragosa, and was consecrated in September 1980 by Jaime Cardinal Sin and Julio Cardinal Rosales.
The image of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal is open for public veneration from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Our Lady of Veritas Chapel located at the second floor of Veritas Tower, 162 West Avenue cor EDSA in Quezon City. For inquiries, please call Ms. Renee Jose or Mr. Rey Isabela at (02) 925-7932 to 39 local 129.
Radio Veritas 846, the number one faith-based am radio in the Philippines, is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila. Established in 1969, the Ramon Magsaysay recipient Catholic radio station continues to be the leading social communications ministry for truth and evangelization in the country today.
