Miraculous Medals
I've been helping a friend of mine, Van Peplin, work on getting his Miraculous Medal website back up and running. What happened to him was that some people who had been hosting for him let his lease expire on his old domain name and it got snapped up by a link-farm. So although he wasn't "out of business", the flow of orders had slowed down considerably.
Fortunately we worked together to rebuild the site and have relaunched it recently. We're hoping that since we are now in Our Lady's month (May) that she will send us a few orders. As you can see on the order page, they range in price from $10 for a Brass Miraculous Medal to $600* for the 24K Gold Medal. I'm not sure there are too many places where you can buy a Miraculous Medal minted from 24K gold, so if you're in the market for something high-end, check us out.
All the Medals are really nice for several reasons. First off, they are thicker and more substantial than the el cheapo cast variety you'll find in the local gift shop. That's because these are minted in a press rather than cast, so even the brass one is high-quality. Secondly, it feels good to buy something which is made 100% in the USA. The initials "USA" are even stamped on the reverse of the medal at the bottom.
But probably my favorite thing about the medals is that Van makes each one individually right here in Cleveland, Ohio in his plant. You can read about the whole process on this page. Van even hired an artist to design an original sculpture of Our Lady for the die he made. So not only do you get a great, unique handmade product, but excellent individual attention to detail and service. Making great Miraculous Medals is as great a devotion for Van as wearing them is for other fervent Catholics.
So advise everyone who is thinking or has thought about wearing the Miraculous Medal to check out Saint Catherine's Metalworks. They were the first to sell Medals on the web back in the mid-nineties, and they are still in business making excellent products.
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COOL. so much catholic stuff is really cheap.
ReplyDeleteRight. These have a definite flavor to them. Just got two brass ones blessed by a priest tonight, and I was noticing that although they are both made from the same material one is more of a golden tone and the other is kind of coppery. I'm going to give one to a friend of mine who needs a lot of divine help and I didn't want to get him a silver or gold one because he would freaking sell it.
ReplyDeletewow, they are beautiful. i was looking for something like that in just plain jewelry. weird stuff is happening lately.
ReplyDeleteAren't they though? My man is a serious artisan. Spread the word!
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