Events
Champion Shrine holds a variety of daily, monthly, and seasonal events to help deepen a pilgrim’s spiritual life. See our upcoming and featured events happening right now and later this year below.
Events
Champion Shrine holds a variety of daily, monthly, and seasonal events to help deepen a pilgrim’s spiritual life. See our upcoming and featured events happening right now and later this year below.
Upcoming Events
Click on the below events to view and download as a PDF flyer. We encourage you to print and share these with your loved ones, parishes, and communities!
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Featured Events of the Year
Click on each event to learn more.
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
One of Champion Shrine’s longest-standing traditions! Pilgrims from all over the country come to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mother on August 15. The Shrine has its historic Mass at 11 a.m. and a rosary procession led by a statue of our Blessed Mother following Mass. Confessions and Enrollment in the Brown Scapular are included in the day’s events as well. Spend time in prayer with your loved ones, encountering the presence of Our Lady of Good Help.
Miracle of Fire
Every year, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help celebrates its anniversary of our Blessed Mother’s apparition to Adele Brise in 1859 as well as the anniversary of the miracle of the Great Peshtigo Fire in 1871. On the evening of October 8, the Shrine will hold all-night adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Apparition Chapel and hourly rosary processions around the Shrine’s grounds. Mass will be held the next day to commemorate Our Lady’s appearance to Adele
Marian Conference
Join hundreds of pilgrims from around the world in The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help’s annual Marian Conference. Taking place every year on the weekend before Memorial Day, the conference will focus on a different quality of Mary, inviting top speakers who can dive into the topic. Attendees will be able to develop a deeper understanding of Mary while also growing in greater intimacy with her Son, Jesus.
Walk to Mary
The Walk to Mary is an annual pilgrimage that takes place on the first Saturday of May. Pilgrims journey from the National Shrine of St. Joseph to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. This 21-mil spiritual experience has impacted our lives and filled our hearts with many blessings from the Holy Family!
Belgian Harvest Festival
Join the Shrine as it welcomes in the fall season! The Belgian Harvest Festival celebrates the history of the National Shrine in Champion and the rich Belgian heritage within the surrounding community. The festival includes special blessings of the fall harvest crops and the area’s farming tractors. Pilgrims will also be able to enjoy desserts and experience the Belgian tradition of chicken booyah!
Eucharistic Healing Service
At the conclusion of the 11 a.m. Mass on every last Saturday of the Month, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed and processed among the faithful. This is then followed by the Anointing of the Sick for those needing the Sacrament.
Calendar of Events
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Daily Schedule & Devotions
LOCATION
4047 Chapel Dr
New Franken, WI 54229
GROUNDS
Daily: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
HISTORY CENTER
Daily (May-October): 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Daily (November-April): 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
GIFT SHOP
Daily: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday: 12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
MASS
Daily & Sunday: 11 a.m.
Tuesday & Saturday: Additional Mass at 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday: Additional Mass at 5:45 p.m.
Sunday (May-Oct): Additional Mass at 8:30 a.m.
CONFESSION
Daily: 10 a.m., after 11 a.m. Mass, & 2 p.m.
Saturdays: 9:15 a.m. (Following 8:30 a.m. Mass)
DEVOTIONALS
Rosary: Daily | 10:30 a.m.
Eucharistic Adoration: Daily | 12 – 3 p.m.
Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Daily | 3 p.m.
Eucharistic Rosary Procession: Sunday (May-Oct) | 12:15 p.m.
Family Holy Hour & Guided Lectio Divina: Sunday (Nov-Apr) | 12:15 p.m.
Family Rosary: Sunday | 10:30 a.m. (Livestreamed)
Sacred Heart Devotions: First Friday of Month |
After 11 a.m. Mass
Fatima Devotions: First Saturday of Month |
After 8:30 a.m. Mass
Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service: Last Saturday of Month | After 11 a.m. Mass
Upcoming Events at a Glance
february
01febAll DayDay 1: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 1

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Join The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, America’s Marian Apparition Site, on this the first day of our nine-day Novena to Our Lady of Good Help: Queen
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Join The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, America’s Marian Apparition Site, on this the first day of our nine-day Novena to Our Lady of Good Help: Queen of Families. Pray remotely from wherever you are by receiving the daily prayer intention of the Novena to Our Lady of Good Help: Queen of Families. Go to our website (www.championshrine.org/novenas) and sign up to receive the daily prayer intention of this and other Novenas, or come pray with us during our daily 11:00 AM (CST) Mass time. Download the prayers from our Resources Page at www.championshrine.org or purchase the Our Lady of Good Help Queen of Families Novena booklet from our gift shop for $5.00 = each by calling 920-866-2571
Day 1: Novena for Families, Virtue of Hope
Opening Prayer:
Lord, You sent Your mother to Adele Brise to invite her to “pray for the conversion of sinners” and “gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation…” Adele gave tirelessly in undertaking the work You set before her. Ignite a flame in the hearts of all parents and awaken in them a loving and generous response to this timeless message.
Lord, teach us, the domestic church, and help us to recognize Your riches—our children. Guide us, their primary educators, so that we may teach them what they should know for salvation and growth in holiness. May we never relinquish our responsibility by allowing our children to be guided by the world and its false promises. Help us to uphold the dignity of the family, through which we can bring hope to our world.
Father, through the grace of baptism, You made us Your adopted children. Help us to respond joyfully to Your gentle invitation to live in an abundant relationship with You.
Jesus, enable us to transmit the fire of Your love to our children and those around us by frequenting the sacraments, praying faithfully, engaging in fruitful dialogue and modeling Christian virtue.
Holy Spirit, guide us in caring for each should entrusted to us, cultivating an atmosphere in which You yourself can prune and fashion each child according to Your plan.
We ask all of this through the intercession of Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families.
Amen.
Day 1 Intercessory Prayer: Virtue of Hope
Adam and Eve, through your intercession, may God grant families the virtue of hope. May your example of repentance help us to see that it is never too late to turn to God with sincere hearts. Pray for us as we labor for the Lord, caring for the precious lives God has entrusted to us. Help us to cling to the Church and Her sacraments, and to put our hope in the Savior and the Kingdom of Heaven. May our relationship with God strengthen our faith and call us to deeper conversion, thereby witnessing to others the reason for our hope.
Prayer of the Family: The Threshold of Faith
God, our loving Father and Creator, You invite families to participate in Your unique plan for salvation by entrusting to us the lives of our children, inscribing Your Divine image in their souls. This image or “icon” illuminates our families with Your face, transfiguring our homes into domestic churches. You stand at our thresholds knocking, waiting for us to throw open our doors and invite You to enter more fully into our family life. Let us not ignore Your repeated knocking, but welcome You, embracing the graces You wish to give. May these graces enable us to pass on the gift of our Catholic Faith to our children, giving them what they need for salvation and growth in holiness. It is from the threshold of our domestic church that our families will bring glory to You and hope to the world.
Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Heaven, implore your Son to strengthen the virtue of hope in our families in order to teach our children what they should know for salvation.
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02febAll DayDay Two: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 2

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Please join us today, Day 2, of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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02feb7:00 am12:00 pmCandlemas February 2

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Candlemas February 2- 11 am mass Pilgrims are welcome to bring their own candles to be blessed The Story of the Presentation of the Lord At the end of the fourth century, a
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Candlemas February 2- 11 am mass
Pilgrims are welcome to bring their own candles to be blessed
The Story of the Presentation of the Lord
At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there. Among the celebrations she describes is the Epiphany, the observance of Christ’s birth, and the gala procession in honor of his Presentation in the Temple 40 days later. Under the Mosaic Law, a woman was ritually “unclean” for 40 days after childbirth, when she was to present herself to the priests and offer sacrifice—her “purification.” Contact with anyone who had brushed against mystery—birth or death—excluded a person from Jewish worship. This feast emphasizes Jesus’ first appearance in the Temple more than Mary’s purification.
The observance spread throughout the Western Church in the fifth and sixth centuries. Because the Church in the West celebrated Jesus’ birth on December 25, the Presentation was moved to February 2, 40 days after Christmas.
At the beginning of the eighth century, Pope Sergius inaugurated a candlelight procession; at the end of the same century the blessing and distribution of candles which continues to this day became part of the celebration, giving the feast its popular name: Candlemas.
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(Thursday) 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
03febAll DayDay Three: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 3

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Join us on this third day of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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04febAll DayDay Four: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 4

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Join us on this fourth day of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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05febAll DayDay Five: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 5

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Join us on the fifth day of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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05feb8:00 am12:00 pmEnrollment of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary

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Enrollment of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary February 5-2023 10:00 am Enrollment of the Confraternity Father Joseph 10:00 am L1vestream this event 10:30 am Rosary Pilgrims will be asked to offer a
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Enrollment of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary February 5-2023
10:00 am Enrollment of the Confraternity Father Joseph
10:00 am L1vestream this event
10:30 am Rosary
Pilgrims will be asked to offer a rose, candle and or pin to the Blessed Mother
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(Sunday) 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
05feb10:30 am11:00 amSunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine

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Sunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the
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Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the Holy Mother at the place where she appeared in America. Give your family Our Lady’s most powerful spiritual tool, the Rosary, and gather together at home or on-site here at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI to pray the Rosary together. If you would like to join us online, go to https://championshrine.org/pray/#live. or our Facebook Page. The Rosary will begin at 10:30 am each Sunday!
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(Sunday) 10:30 am - 11:00 am
06febAll DayDay Six: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 6

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Join us on this sixth day of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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07febAll DayDay Seven: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 7

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Join us on this seventh day of The Novena to Our Lady of Good
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08febAll DayDay Eight: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 8

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Join us on his eighth day of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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09febAll DayDay Nine: Novena to Our Lady of Good Help, Queen of Families February 9

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Join us on this ninth day of the Novena to Our Lady of Good
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09feb9:00 am1:00 pmAdele Brise Day - Mass with Anointing of the Sick

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The anniversary day of the apparition of Our Lady to Adele is celebrated every month on the 9th. Commonly known as Adele Brise Day, the National Shrine will hold Mass
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- 10:30 am – Rosary
- 11:00 am – Mass
- Following Mass – Anointing of the Sick
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(Thursday) 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
12feb10:30 am11:00 amSunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine

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Sunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the
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Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the Holy Mother at the place where she appeared in America. Give your family Our Lady’s most powerful spiritual tool, the Rosary, and gather together at home or on-site here at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI to pray the Rosary together. If you would like to join us online, go to https://championshrine.org/pray/#live. or our Facebook Page. The Rosary will begin at 10:30 am each Sunday!
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(Sunday) 10:30 am - 11:00 am
19feb10:30 am11:00 amSunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine

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Sunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the
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Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the Holy Mother at the place where she appeared in America. Give your family Our Lady’s most powerful spiritual tool, the Rosary, and gather together at home or on-site here at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI to pray the Rosary together. If you would like to join us online, go to https://championshrine.org/pray/#live. or our Facebook Page. The Rosary will begin at 10:30 am each Sunday!
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(Sunday) 10:30 am - 11:00 am
25feb11:00 pm2:00 pmSpecial Mass with Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service & Anointing February 25

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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 Good Help continues the
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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 Good Help 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 in the Mother of Mercy Hall
11:00 Special Last Saturday Mass, Mother of Mercy Hall
12 PM Eucharistic Healing Prayer Service with Anointing of the Sick
1 PM Complimentary post healing service luncheon 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
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(Saturday) 11:00 pm - 2:00 pm
26feb01marShrine Lenten Mission February 26-March 1

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Shrine Lenten Mission During the season of Lent, the National Shrine will host a Lenten Mission presented by the Fathers of Mercy. The Lenten Mission will seek to inflame all pilgrims
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Shrine Lenten Mission
During the season of Lent, the National Shrine will host a Lenten Mission presented by the Fathers of Mercy. The Lenten Mission will seek to inflame all pilgrims and parish groups in attendance with the Infinite Love of Almighty God and to call them to receive the Merciful Love of the Heart of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All talks will take place in the evening.
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February 26 (Sunday) 7:00 am - March 1 (Wednesday) 7:00 pm
26feb10:30 am11:00 amSunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine

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Sunday Family Rosary at Champion Shrine Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the
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Make Christ the center of your family life with guidance from the Holy Mother at the place where she appeared in America. Give your family Our Lady’s most powerful spiritual tool, the Rosary, and gather together at home or on-site here at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI to pray the Rosary together. If you would like to join us online, go to https://championshrine.org/pray/#live. or our Facebook Page. The Rosary will begin at 10:30 am each Sunday!
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(Sunday) 10:30 am - 11:00 am
march
26feb01marShrine Lenten Mission February 26-March 1

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Shrine Lenten Mission During the season of Lent, the National Shrine will host a Lenten Mission presented by the Fathers of Mercy. The Lenten Mission will seek to inflame all pilgrims
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Shrine Lenten Mission
During the season of Lent, the National Shrine will host a Lenten Mission presented by the Fathers of Mercy. The Lenten Mission will seek to inflame all pilgrims and parish groups in attendance with the Infinite Love of Almighty God and to call them to receive the Merciful Love of the Heart of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All talks will take place in the evening.
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February 26 (Sunday) 7:00 am - March 1 (Wednesday) 7:00 pm
Plan Your Trip
Visit the National Shrine where Mary appeared around these special events. Let us help you organize your trip today!
Questions?
Questions related to travel or pilgrimage to the Shrine?
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920-866-2571 ext 113
pilgrimage@championshrine.org
