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PRESS RELEASE: Annual Solemnity of Our Lady of Champion Oct. 7-9 Includes Peshtigo Fire and Belgian Life Presentations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2025 Annual Solemnity of Our Lady of Champion Oct. 7-9 Includes Peshtigo Fire and Belgian Life Presentations National Novena to Our Lady of Champion begins
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PRESS RELEASE: Champion Shrine Partners with The Merry Beggars to Produce Audio Series on Adele Brise (Brice)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2025 Â Champion Shrine Partners with The Merry Beggars to Produce Audio Series on Adele Brise (Brice) New series to showcase the story of Adele
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PRESS RELEASE: Walk to Mary Marks 12th Anniversary with Special Jubilee Year of Hope Pilgrimage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025 Â Walk to Mary Marks 12th Anniversary with Special Jubilee Year of Hope Pilgrimage Thousands will embark on a 22-mile spiritual journey to the
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PRESS RELEASE: Inspired by Pope Francis, Wisconsin’s Catholic Marian Shrines Offer Pilgrim Passport for 2025
 FOR RELEASE March 20, 2025  Inspired by Pope Francis, Wisconsin’s Catholic Marian Shrines Offer Pilgrim Passport for 2025 The Holy Father emphasizes the Blessed Virgin Mary's role during
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IN THE NEWS: 5 Marian Shrines to Visit in the United States (Aleteia)
As Advent approaches, many of the faithful are looking for ways to spiritually prepare for Christmas. Visiting a Marian shrine can be a meaningful way to do just that. In
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IN THE NEWS: The Important and Timely Message of Our Lady of Champion (Rhode Island Catholic)
Many Catholics are not aware of the fact that there has been only one approved apparition of our Blessed Mother here in the United States since our country was founded
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IN THE NEWS: The Katie McGrady Show: The Shepherd Project (Headliner)
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion's Marketing Director, Chelsey Hare speaks with Catholic Podcaster, Katie McGrady about the Shrine's long-term prayer initiative, The Shepard Project.
IN THE NEWS: The only approved Marian apparition site in U.S. is just one state away (Catholic Times: Diocese of Springfield, Illinois)
Amidst the countryside and quiet farmland of Champion, Wis., there is a unique and spiritually significant place in American Catholic history — it is the site of the only approved
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IN THE NEWS: The story of Adele Brise, the seer of the only approved Marian apparition in the U.S. (Catholic News Agency)
In early June, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted unanimously to begin the process of officially declaring Adele Brise a saint. Brise, an immigrant from Belgium living in northern Wisconsin, witnessed
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IN THE NEWS: 5 Things to Know About Our Lady of Champion, the USA’s Only Approved Marian Apparition (Churchpop.com)
Champion, Wisconsin may seem like an unusual place for a Church-approved Marian Apparition site. Surrounded by farmlands, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion doesn’t have the grandeur of Lourdes or
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