WHAT IS THE ST. BENEDICT MEDAL 
The medal of St. Benedict is one of the oldest and most highly honored medals used by the Church. Because of the extraordinary number of miraculous occurrences, both physical and spiritual, attributed to this medal, it became popularly known as the “devil-chasing medal.” This medal, among the other medals, is especially effective against evil spirits due to the fact that this is the only medal that has an exorcism prayer inscribed into it. ✠
However, it is important to not be superstitious about the St. Benedict medal, or any other Catholic medal. They are sacramentals, which are “sacred signs instituted by the Church to prepare us to receive the fruit of the sacraments and to sanctify different circumstances of our lives” (CCC, 1677). They do not have power in and of themselves, but rather, through the merit and prayers of the Church and her saints. The use of sacramentals is never a replacement for living a holy life and remaining in a state of grace; rather, they are aids to help us persevere in our Catholic faith. ✠ 
(From the Office of Deliverance and Exorcism, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando)
