With the approval last December 8 by Green Bay Bishop David Ricken of the apparition in 1859 of Our Lady to Adele Brise in Champion, Wisconsin, there was no question there would be a huge increase in the number of visitors and pilgrims coming to the shrine. (See my in-depth article on the story on our website here.) Well, that expectation was fulfilled and ten-fold. From about one hundred visitors a day before the bishop’s approbation, the number has grown already in six months to average over seven hundred daily. One of these visitors was John McManus, long time friend of Saint Benedict Center, and speaker at several of our conferences.
Green Bay Press Gazette: The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay expected the small shrine in Champion to generate interest after it was officially recognized as a site where the Virgin Mary had appeared — the first and only such site in the United States.Diocesan officials just didn’t expect the Our Lady of Good Help shrine to be flooded with such intense attention so soon. Read full update here.
