The Catholic Church has declared 2025 as a Jubilee Year — a Jubilee that occurs only once every 25 years — marking a rare and sacred time of grace, renewal, and spiritual revival. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion has been officially designated as a Pilgrimage Site, offering the faithful a powerful opportunity to encounter God’s mercy and deepen their spiritual journey.

The theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” invites Catholics everywhere to rekindle their hope in Christ through prayer, penance, and pilgrimage. At Champion Shrine, pilgrims will be invited to celebrate with a special Mass, followed by a 1.7-mile pilgrimage walk with the historic Jubilee Cross — a Mission Cross dating back to the 1850s, long used in the Diocese of Green Bay.

This is a truly extraordinary moment of grace at the only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the United States.

Date: Sunday, July 20 at 11:00 am CT with Bishop David L. Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay
Let us know you’ll be joining for Mass at championshrine.org/jubilee/#jubileemass

Schedule of Events:

9:30 am ……………………… Confession Begins

10:30 am ……………………………………… Rosary

11:00 am ……………….. Jubilee Pilgrim Mass

12:15 pm ……………………. Jubilee Cross Procession (1.7 Miles)

Following Procession .. Light Refreshments

Following Procession ……… Gift Shop Opens

1:00 pm ….. Adoration in Apparition Chapel

2:00 pm …………………………………. Confession

3:00 pm …………………. Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:15 pm ………………………………… Benediction

For more information about celebrating the Jubilee Year at Champion Shrine, please visit championshrine.org/jubilee/

To download the Jubilee Pilgrim Mass Flyer to share with your Church or community, click HERE.

St. James the Greater’s Feast Day is on July 25. 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. James the Greater is the patron saint of Spain and pilgrims.

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