Our Lady of the Miracle Medal of Saigon - The Vincentian Devotion in Ho Chi Minh City
The church of the Miraculous Medal of Saigon, in the 3rd district of Ho Chi Minh City, is a centre of Marian devotion where the Vietnamese faithful honor the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal, an advocation spread by the Peasant missionaries in Vietnam.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The church of the Miracle Medal was built by the French Peak missionaries in the 19th century.
- The devotion to the Miracle Medal, based on the apparitions of the Virgin to Saint Catherine Labouré in 1830, arrived in Vietnam with the first Vincentian missionaries.
- During the years of persecution, the church was a meeting point for the Catholic community of Saigon.
- Every November 27, the feast of the Miracle Medal is celebrated with a solemn mass and a blessing of medals.
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal of Saigon
The church of the Miraculous Medal of Saigon, founded by the Paúles missionaries, spreads Marian devotion based on the apparitions of the rue du Bac in Paris. The Vietnamese faithful come to receive the Miraculous Medal as a sign of protection and consecration to the Virgin Mary.
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