Feminist provocateur Gloria Steinem is still on the circuit at eighty years-old. And, the Norbertines in De Pere, Wisconsin, find her quite worthy to give a presentation. I know a little bit about the Norbertines in De Pere, a very comfortable abbey to be … Continue reading
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First Approved Marian Apparition in the US, Champion, Wisconsin
“I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners.” Such is the way the Mother of God introduced herself to a twenty-eight-year-old Belgian immigrant, Adele Brise, on October 9, 1859. The pious young woman was on … Continue reading
Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI
[Addendum: There is a distinction between the approval given many years ago to Our Lady of America, and that recently given to Our Lady of Good Help by Bishop Ricken. That distinction is explained in Brian Kelly’s extensive article “First … Continue reading