July 18, 2008 marks the anniversary of the first apparition of the Our Lady to St. Catherine Labouré in 1830. For more background see below
Vincentian Encyclopedia – Catherine Laboure
The story of St. Catherine Laboure http://www.amm.org/catherine.asp
Central Associaion of the Miraculous Medal
International site of the Daughters of Charity
Wikipedia – Catherine Laboure
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The apparation of our Lady of the Miraculous
Medal was on July 18, 1830, not 1930 as mentioned in the article.
Many thanks Joe for drawing attention to this. It has now been fixed.