The Miraculous Medal - mother of Mother Mary. THE MOTHER. The Miraculous Medal is a heavenly gift to us from Mary. It's everyone's Medal, because she is everyone's Mother. It's a reminder, a tangible sign through which she expresses her Motherly love and desire to help us and a reminder to have faith and pray. Also known as the Medal of Our Lady of Graces, is a devotional medal, the design of which was originated by Catherine Labouré following her apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal of Paris, France.