IN THE NEWS: The story of Adele Brise, the seer of the only approved Marian apparition in the U.S. (Catholic News Agency)
In 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, witnessed the first and only approved Marian apparition in the United States in 1859. Today, Oct. 9, is the solemnity of that apparition known as Our Lady of Champion.
IN THE NEWS: 5 Things to Know About Our Lady of Champion, the USA’s Only Approved Marian Apparition (Churchpop.com)
Champion, 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 or Guadalupe to mark this place as anything special, other than the fact that Our Lady appeared here to a woman named Adele Brise and urged her to pray for the conversion of sinners and to teach children the faith...
IN THE NEWS: Our Lady of Champion Invites Women Into Spiritual Motherhood (Blessed Is She Blog)
“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. Words that would set into motion a call to action that echoes throughout the fields and woods of northeast Wisconsin—and beyond, even today.
IN THE NEWS: Documentary spotlights 3 bishops who brought Our Lady of Champion shrine to national attention (Catholic News Agency)
A 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 annual solemnity of Our Lady of Champion — Oct. 9. The documentary focuses on three bishops most responsible for bringing the shrine to national attention...
IN THE NEWS: Saint of the Day: Our Lady of Champion (Aleteia)
Devotion to this Blessed Mother under the title of “Our Lady of Good Help” dates to three apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1859...
IN THE NEWS: Teaching for Salvation: How Our Lady of Champion Guides Families Today (National Catholic Register)
Dominican Sister Imelda Marie Shaw grew up believing, without a doubt, that Our Lady had appeared in Wisconsin in 1859. She also believes one of her ancestors was healed of a deadly childhood disease at the apparition site and that the little girl’s crutches are part of a permanent display at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion (OLC) ...

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