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Our Lady of Champion: Fr. Tony Stephens on the Shrine’s Story and Mission: Holy Family Radio Interview
In this interview, Fr. Tony Stephens, CPM, Rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, shares his journey to the priesthood and the remarkable story of Our
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Steps of Faith: The Jedwabny Family
Freak Accident Took Out Part of Teen’s Brain. 2 Years Later, Family Celebrates as He Walks Across a Finish Line (Exclusive) By Sam Gillette Almost two years after a
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Heroes with halos: Shrine unites faithful and saints for Fourth of July celebration
CHAMPION, Wis. (OSV News) — A small churchyard amid Wisconsin farmland became the site of a big holiday celebration over the Fourth of July weekend. There were no carnival rides, parades,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2025 Annual Solemnity of Our Lady of Champion Oct. 7-9 Includes Peshtigo Fire and Belgian Life Presentations National Novena to Our Lady of Champion
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2025 Champion Shrine Partners with The Merry Beggars to Produce Audio Series on Adele Brice New series to showcase the story of Adele
READ FULL ARTICLEFOR 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
READ FULL ARTICLEFOR 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
READ FULL ARTICLEAs 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.
READ FULL ARTICLEMany 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
READ FULL ARTICLEThe 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
READ FULL ARTICLEIn 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,
READ FULL ARTICLEChampion, 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
READ FULL ARTICLE“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.
READ FULL ARTICLEA 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
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