FAQs
Please ship any promotional items to:
National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion
4047 Chapel Dr.
Champion, WI 54229
Attention: Kim May
Include a label on the outside of each box with Guild name
The shrine will provide a table and two chairs for each guide. If you would like to bring a pop-up tent, please prepare it on your own.
We are offering speaking availability on a first-come, first-served basis and will do our best to accommodate your requests. Sign up for the exhibit and the speaking session here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/BRING1/AmericanSaintsEvent
We will be hosting a dinner on July 3rd for $20 per person. This dinner is an opportunity for networking and getting to know other guilds. You can sign up with your registration here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/BRING1/AmericanSaintsEvent. Location TBD.
If you are flying here, we suggest that you rent a car, as Uber and taxi services are limited in Champion, which is about 20 minutes outside of Green Bay.
Mass is offered daily at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion:
Daily: 11:30 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday: Additional Mass at 5:45 p.m.
Daily (April-Oct): Additional Mass at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday (April-Oct): Additional Mass at 8:00 a.m.
At The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion from July 1, 2026 – July 9, 2026 in Mother of Mercy Hall.
While there is no retreat center with accommodations on site, our pilgrimage planning coordinators are in contact with representatives of local schools, hotels, motels, camping facilities and other operators of large gathering spaces. They can help find the best and most affordable accommodation options for you, your family, or your organization. Please feel free to contact them at 920-866-2571 ext 113.
While the Shrine is a place for prayer, reflection, and celebration of life, it does not offer marriages, baptisms, or funerals on site. The Shrine is not a parish and reserves those rites to the worshiping community of parishes.
We don’t know for sure, but there is speculation that Adele suffered the loss of her right eye due to an accident with lye at a young age.
Adele was a secular Franciscan who wore a religious habit and lived as a nun but had not professed vows.
There is a professional research team within the diocese that conducts research in connection with those familiar with the Shrine and its history.
Adele, a Third Order Franciscan, was assisted by a group of companions who joined her as a Tertiary Franciscans.
The Shrine’s EIN Number is 20-3929148. When listing the Shrine, please list as “The Shrine of Our Lady of Champion” with our address as 4047 Chapel Drive, New Franken, WI 54229.
By the term shrine is understood a church or other sacred place to which numerous members of the faithful make pilgrimage for a special reason of piety, with the approval of the local ordinary. – Canon 1230
At Shrines the means of salvation are to be supplied more abundantly to the faithful by diligent proclamation of the word of God, the suitable promotion of liturgical life especially through the celebration of the Eucharist and of penance, and the cultivation of approved forms of popular piety. – Canon 1234
Checks can be made payable to: National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion. Please include a pledge form of a note designating your gift. Any gift received without a pledge form or a gift designation will be booked as a general gift and will support the daily operations of the Shrine. Checks can be mailed to: 4047 Chapel Dr., New Franken, WI 54229
