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Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary. She is believed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal, now worn by millions of people around the world.
The saint who touched our Blessed Mother. St. Catherine Labouré was born on May 2, 1806, in a quaint village in Burgundy, France. She was the ninth of eleven children. At the age of nine, her mother died, and in her sorrow, St. Catherine turned to the only other mother she knew.
Unknown and unnoted in this gorgeous equipage of a saint walked another saint named Catherine Laboure. Not entirely unknown, for Vincent de Paul knew she was there, and he found more honor to his holy remains in this one jewel than in all the proud pomp and sparkling display.
Nov 28, 2010 · Saint Catherine Laboure. On November 28, the Church honors St. Catherine Labouré, the humble Daughter of Charity to whom Mary appeared, requesting that the Miraculous Medal be stamped so...
St. Catherine Labouré is the patron saint of the elderly, infirmed people and the Miraculous Medal. Her feast day is celebrated on November 28. Continue reading about St. Catherine Laboure
A few months after her first visit to Rue de Bac, Our Lady was to pay her second visit to Sister Catherine Laboure. After the first fearsome message about the turn of events in France and the world, the Blessed Virgin, as always, was to propose a remedy, and preventive measures.
Nov 27, 2023 · A nun from the Sisters of Charity, St. Catherine Labouré is known for receiving the devotion of the Miraculous Medal on November 27, 1830.
2 days ago · St. Catherine Labouré: Messenger of Grace and Friend to the Elderly. The front of the Miraculous Medial shows a depiction of Mary as she appeared to St. Catherine Labouré on Nov. 27, 1830, in the chapel at Rue de Bac.
In the little village of Fain-les-Moutiers a child of destiny was coming into the world, a tiny instrument of God, who would one day be the confidante of the Queen of Heaven to usher in the age of Mary. Her name was Catherine Labouré, the ninth child of a family of eleven.
Jul 19, 2019 · On July 18, 1830 (the eve of the feast of Saint Vincent, at that time) Catherine prayed that, through his intercession, her desire to see the Blessed Virgin Mary would be fulfilled. Previously, at the death of her mother when Catherine was a child, she asked Mary to be her mother.
