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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025   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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  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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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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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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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.

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 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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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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“Go and fear nothing, I will help you . . . ” These are the last words our Blessed Mother shared with twenty-eight-year-old Adele Brise on October 9, 1859. Words
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A new film called “Return to Our Lady of Champion” will premiere on EWTN on the day the national shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Champion celebrates the second annual
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