Miraculous Medal Shrine in Paris

The Miraculous Medal Shrine is in the heart of Paris. The street outside the entrance is just like any other street in Paris.

Just down the street from the Miraculous Medal Shrine  and to the left is the Shrine of Saint Vincent de Paul.

      A little sign reads La Chapelle de Medaille Miracleuse (Chapel of the Miraculous Medal). As you open the door and step into the courtyard, the contrast is incredible.  Outside is a jungle of humanity, embracing the world and all its trappings.  Inside, a peace and serenity embrace you, blanket you.  You find yourself drawn to the end of the courtyard, where it all began, 150 years ago.

      The area around Boulevard St. Germain looked much different in 1830, when Zoe Catherine Laboure‚ entered the mother house of the Sisters of Charity.  Paris was in an uproar at the time.  It had just come through one of the most devastating times in the history of France, the French Revolution.  During this plague on humanity, the Church was one of the main targets for persecution.  Churches were desecrated; sacrileges committed on their altars.  Priests and nuns were tortured, and exiled from the country at best, or killed at worst.  The Revolution fell, as it had to, because it was satanic.  But the attitude of the government towards the Church remained.

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