Our Lady of Champion

Learn more about the only approved Marian Apparition in the U.S.A.!

FEAST DAY: October 9th

Quick Facts:

October 1859: Our Lady appeared to twenty-eight year old Adele Brise in the forests of Wisconsin. 

2010: His Excellency Bishop Ricken declares the apparitions "Worthy of Belief" by the authority of the Catholic Church.

2016: The USCCB designates the grounds as a National Shrine; the first National Shrine in the U.S.A. with an approved Marian apparition.