When someone becomes a perpetual member of the Association, that person shares not only during life but also after death in the Masses and novenas of Masses, for as long as the Association endures and the Shrine in Perryville remains as its center of prayer. Memberships are available for an individual or a family. To enroll a couple, simply use two individual memberships. Membership certificates are available in English or in Spanish.

A Gift for All Occasions

A Lasting Memorial
A Perpetual Membership in the Association is a most appropriate expression of sympathy to anyone who has lost a dear one by death. It is truly a lasting memorial.

You can enroll an individual for an offering of $20 (per person) or $40 (per couple). For each membership you receive an attractive certificate mounted in a beautiful, padded leatherette folder.

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The deluxe certificate is mounted in an 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" slate-blue leatherette folder. The Association's name and an image of the front and back of the Miraculous Medal are imprinted in silver on the folder. A beautiful picture of our Lady of Grace completes the inside of the folder opposite the membership certificate. The name of the person being enrolled will be engraved in gold.

You may request a deluxe Individual Perpetual Membership certificate and folder for an offering of $25 (per person) or $50 (per couple). View a larger image.

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Each Family Perpetual Membership comes with an engraved certificate in a deluxe 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" folder.

You may take out a Family Perpetual Membership for an offering of $50. This membership includes husband and wife, and their children. It also includes the parents, brothers, and sisters of both the husband and the wife. Each family enrolled receives a beautifully imprinted certificate. View a larger image.

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Perpetual Membership Medals are available for men (in silver finish on a 27" chain) or for women (in gold finish on an 18" chain).

For an additional offering of $7, you may also wish to give a Perpetual Membership medal to someone you enroll. The medal comes on a chain in a presentation box. It shows the two sides of the Miraculous Medal on the front. The back contains an inscription of Perpetual Membership. There is a gold plated woman's medal or a slightly larger silver finish man's medal. You may send for a Perpetual Membership Medal with your enrollment.

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You can order your Perpetual Membership online now!

Or you may telephone your request for memberships.
We will be at your service any weekday (except holidays)
between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Central Time.

Telephone: 1-573-547-8343
or 1-800-264-MARY (1-800-264-6279)

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The original shrine where our Lady gave us the medal is at 140 rue du Bac in Paris, France. Preserved in this lovely chapel is the chair where our Lady sat when she talked to Saint Catherine Laboure. Here is offered a monthly novena of Masses for the members of the Association.

 In 1830, the year our Lady appeared to Saint Catherine, another chapel honoring Mary was being built in the wilderness of southeast Missouri. It, too, was to become a center of devotion to our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Dedicated first under the title "Saint Mary," it became the Miraculous Medal National Shrine in 1930. It is a center of prayer, devotion, and pilgrimage in the United States.

The Association of the Miraculous Medal

 The first purpose of the Association is to carry out our Lady's request. Anyone who enrolls members in the Association takes part in a work dear to Mary's heart. Offerings for membership help the Association pay its expenses in spreading devotion to our Lady and accomplish a second purpose, supporting Vincentian missionaries.