Anniversary of the Great Fire

8:30 am …………………………………………………………………….. Mass in Apparition Chapel
9:00 am ……………………………………………………………………………………. Gift Shop Opens
9:15 am ……………………..………………..…………….………. Confession in Apparition Chapel
10:30 am …………………………………..………….…………………. Rosary in Apparition Chapel
11:00 am ……………………………….……………….………………….. Mass in Apparition Chapel
12:00 pm …………………………….……….…………… Adoration Begins in Apparition Chapel
12-5:30 pm …………………………….. Belgian Heritage Programs in Mother of Mercy Hall
12-5:30 pm ……………………………. Belgian Lunch Served Outside Mother of Mercy Hall
1:00 pm ……………………………. Belgian Historical Presentation in Mother of Mercy Hall
1:45 pm ……………………. The Great Fire from a Scientific Lens in Mother of Mercy Hall
2:00 pm ……………………………………………….. Confessions begin in Chapel until 3:15 pm
2:30 pm ……From Their Eyes: Great Fire Story Re-enactment in Mother of Mercy Hall
3:00 pm ……………………………………………… Divine Mercy Chaplet in Apparition Chapel
3:00 pm …………………………..………. Belgian Historical Presentation (2nd Presentation)
4:15 pm ……………………………. The Great Fire from a Scientific Lens (2nd Presentation)
5:00 pm …………. From Their Eyes: Great Fire Story Re-enactment (2nd Presentation)
7:00 pm …………………………… Reading of the Miracle of the Fire in Apparition Chapel
7:30 pm …………………………………………………… Rosary Procession with Statue of Mary
8 pm-7 am ……………………………………….. All Night Adoration and Rosary on the hour

The call to holiness is for everyone, and God is inviting each of us to live a vibrant and full life in Christ – to be a Saint for our generation! This day-long youth day inspires and equips each of us to go from idleness to holiness. Are you ready to hit the road?

El llamado a la santidad es para todos, y Dios nos está invitando a cada uno de nosotros a vivir una vida vibrante y plena en Cristo: ¡a ser un santo para nuestra generación! Esta jornada juvenil, que dura todo el día, nos inspira y nos equipa a cada uno de nosotros para pasar de la ociosidad a la santidad. ¿Estas listo para salir a la carretera?

Calling All High School Students!

Blessed Carlo Youth Day is only open to High School Students.

La Jornada Juvenil para el Beato Carlo solo estará abierta a los estudiantes de secundaria.

Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024

• 9:00 am – 5:30 pm @ The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion

Pricing: $20.00 per student and chaperone

Learn More & Register Here!

Anticipated Schedule of Events

8:30 am ……………. Registration Opens

9:00 am ……… Welcome & Bl. Carlo 101

9:30 am ….. Talk 1: Called to Holiness

10:00 am … Reflection and Group Time

10:45 am ……………. Rosary Procession

11:15 am … Talk 2: Handling Speed Bumps

12 – 2:00 pm ……………………… Free Time

Lunch

Confessions

Visit Eucharistic Miracles

Games

Visit the Shrine Grounds

2:15 pm ……. Routes to Holiness Panel

3:00 pm … Jesus is Calling: Adoration

4:00 pm …………………………………. Mass

5:15 pm ……………………………….. Depart

St Teresa of Avila’s feast day is on October 15. In honor of her life and witness, the National Shrine will bring her relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on her Feast Day!

St. Teresa of Avila is the patron saint of headaches, against sickness, lace makers, and of Spain.

St. Gerard Majella’s Feast Day is on October 16. In honor of his life and witness, the National Shrine will bring his relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on his Feast Day!

St. Gerard Majella is the patron saint of children (especially unborn children), childbirth, mothers (especially expectant mothers), motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions, and lay brothers.

St. Luke the Evangelist is October 18. In honor of his life and witness, the National Shrine will bring his relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on his Feast Day!

St. Luke is the patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, notaries, butchers, and brewers.

Inspired by the Masses with Eucharistic Healing Prayer Services held at Champion Shrine by the late Father Ubald Rugirangoga, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion continues the special Masses every last Saturday of the month.   Order of the Day is as follows:

8:30 AM Saturday Mass

9:15 AM Confession

10 AM Confession

10:30 AM Group Rosary

11:00 AM Special Last Saturday Mass

12 PM Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service with Anointing of the Sick

1 PM  Complimentary post-healing service luncheon in Mother of Mercy Hall – offered for those attending Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service (hosted by the Green Bay-area Sovereign Military Order of Malta*)

2 PM Confession

3 PM  Chaplet of Divine Mercy

*subject to change or cancellation

October 28 is the feast day of St. Simon and St. Jude.  In honor of their life and witness, the National Shrine will bring their relics from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with these great Saints on their Feast Day!

St. Simon is the patron saint of saw workers and tanners.

St. Jude is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes.

Join us for an evening of prayer and reparation in front of the Blessed Sacrament from 9 pm to Midnight.

St Cecilia’s Feast Day is on November 22. In honor of her life and witness, the National Shrine will bring her relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on her Feast Day!

St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians, composers, instrument makers, and poets.

St. Andrew the Apostle’s Feast Day is on November 30. In honor of his life and witness, the National Shrine will bring his relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on his Feast Day!

St. Andrew is the patron saint of fishermen and unmarried women.

Inspired by the Masses with Eucharistic Healing Prayer Services held at Champion Shrine by the late Father Ubald Rugirangoga, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion continues the special Masses every last Saturday of the month.   Order of the Day is as follows:

8:30 AM Saturday Mass

9:15 AM Confession

10 AM Confession

10:30 AM Group Rosary

11:00 AM Special Last Saturday Mass

12 PM Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service with Anointing of the Sick

1 PM  Complimentary post-healing service luncheon in Mother of Mercy Hall – offered for those attending Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service (hosted by the Green Bay-area Sovereign Military Order of Malta*)

2 PM Confession

3 PM  Chaplet of Divine Mercy

*subject to change or cancellation

• Feast of the Immaculate Conception & Anniversary of the National Shrine’s Declaration of Approval
  • 10:00 am Confessions
  • 10:30 am Rosary
  • 11:00 am Mass
  • Confessions available following Mass
  • 12:00 – 3:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
  • 3:00 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet

Rorate Caeli Candlelight Mass and Breakfast

Saturday, December 14 2024

Join the National Shrine in Champion for its celebration of the Rorate Caeli Mass, an ancient liturgy honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary! The event begins in the darkness of the morning and, as Mass is celebrated in Candlelight, the Sun rises and illumines the chapel. The Rosary will be prayed together after mass, with breakfast and a special Advent reflection by the Fathers of Mercy to follow.

The Breakfast following Mass is a time to invite your loved ones and treat them to a special Advent meal. To host a table for breakfast, please contact kciha@championshrine.org. You may also attend as an individual.

6:30 am  Mass

7:30 am Rosary

8:15 am Breakfast

9:15 am Advent Reflection by Fathers of Mercy

10:00 am Closing

Hosting a Table
If you would like to host a table by inviting family and friends (8 to 10 people) – please email kciha@championshrine.org by December 1st
$100.00 per table.

Breakfast Table Theme
If interested in hosting a table, we encourage you to decorate it with a theme for your guests!

If wishing to attend on your own – a $10.00 fee per person is appreciated. Please register by email to kciha@championshrine.org by December 1st

December 25:
Gift Shop Closed All Day

10:30 am – Rosary
11:00 am – Mass

12:00 am – Christmas Midnight Mass (Birthday cake to follow the Midnight Mass). Confession will be available the hour before Mass.10-10:45 am – Confessions

* Please note that there will not be Noon-3 pm Adoration, 2 pm Confessions, or 3 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet

St. Anastasia’s Feast Day is on December 25. In honor of her life and witness, the National Shrine will bring her relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on her Feast Day!

St. Anastasia is the patron saint of martyrs, weavers, and widows.

St. John the Evangelist’s Feast Day is December 27. In honor of his life and witness, the National Shrine will bring his relic from the Apparition Oratory to the Apparition Chapel for Veneration that day. Personal veneration is available for the hour before the 11 a.m. Mass.

All are welcome to attend and pray with this great Saint on his Feast Day!

St. John is the patron saint of love, loyalty, friendships, and authors.

Inspired by the Masses with Eucharistic Healing Prayer Services held at Champion Shrine by the late Father Ubald Rugirangoga, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion continues the special Masses every last Saturday of the month.   Order of the Day is as follows:

8:30 AM Saturday Mass

9:15 AM Confession

10 AM Confession

10:30 AM Group Rosary

11:00 AM Special Last Saturday Mass

12 PM Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service with Anointing of the Sick

1 PM  Complimentary post-healing service luncheon in Mother of Mercy Hall – offered for those attending Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service (hosted by the Green Bay-area Sovereign Military Order of Malta*)

2 PM Confession

3 PM  Chaplet of Divine Mercy

*subject to change or cancellation

January 1-2025:
Gift Shop Closed All Day
10-10:45 am – Confessions
10:30 am – Rosary
11:00 am – Mass
* Please note that there will not be Noon-3 pm Adoration, 2 pm Confessions, or 3 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet

Inspired by the Masses with Eucharistic Healing Prayer Services held at Champion Shrine by the late Father Ubald Rugirangoga, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion continues the special Masses every last Saturday of the month.   Order of the Day is as follows:

8:30 AM Saturday Mass

9:15 AM Confession

10 AM Confession

10:30 AM Group Rosary

11:00 AM Special Last Saturday Mass

12 PM Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service with Anointing of the Sick

1 PM  Complimentary post-healing service luncheon in Mother of Mercy Hall – offered for those attending Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service (hosted by the Green Bay-area Sovereign Military Order of Malta*)

2 PM Confession

3 PM  Chaplet of Divine Mercy

*subject to change or cancellation

Inspired by the Masses with Eucharistic Healing Prayer Services held at Champion Shrine by the late Father Ubald Rugirangoga, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion continues the special Masses every last Saturday of the month.   Order of the Day is as follows:

8:30 AM Saturday Mass

9:15 AM Confession

10 AM Confession

10:30 AM Group Rosary

11:00 AM Special Last Saturday Mass

12 PM Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service with Anointing of the Sick

1 PM  Complimentary post-healing service luncheon in Mother of Mercy Hall – offered for those attending Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service (hosted by the Green Bay-area Sovereign Military Order of Malta*)

2 PM Confession

3 PM  Chaplet of Divine Mercy

*subject to change or cancellation