The Association canonically erected in each diocese is governed, according to its own laws and usages, by diocesan directors, appointed by their respective bishops, but under the authority of one director general.
Article 4
By virtue of a rescript of His Holiness Pius X (June 3, 1905), the same privileges and indulgences granted to the Association of the Scapular of the Immaculate Conception (blue scapular) have been extended to the Association of the Holy Medal of the Immaculate Conception (Miraculous Medal).
Article 5
All the faithful of both sexes may become members of this Association and sharers in its privileges. The only condition is that they wear the medal suspended from the neck on the breast, when the medal has been blessed and imposed by a priest delegated to do so according to the rite approved by Leo XIII (April 19, 1895).
Article 6
The principal feast of the Association is November 27,—Feast of the Apparition of the Immaculate Virgin of the Miraculous Medal.
Article 7
The associates incur no new obligation. They are recommended to repeat frequently the invocation inscribed on the medal: "O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee."
The Director General of the Association is the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and of the Daughters of Charity.