Four months later, as Sister Catherine entered the chapel for evening prayers, she saw Our Lady on the main altar standing on a globe inside an oval frame.  In Catherine’s own words, Our Lady said “Behold the symbol of the graces I shower upon those who ask for them.”  Formed around the margin of the oval frame appeared the words: “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.”  Our Lady said, “Have a medal struck according to this model. All who wear it will receive great graces.”

Catherine took the images to her priest, Father Jean Maire Aladel, and told him of her visions. He obtained permission from the Archbishop to have the medal struck as Our lady had requested.

The medal was originally called the “Medal of the Immaculate Conception” – however, due to the many answered prayers, conversions and cures, it became known as the “Miraculous Medal.” Around ten million medals were made and sold within the first five years of making it.