Wisconsin Wonder: A Catholic pilgrim seeks a guide

09/07/21 • 18 min

This episode is the first of three about The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI. This is the first and only Church-approved Marian Apparition site in the United States.

In 1859 the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a Belgian immigrant, Adele Brise. Mary identified herself as “The Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners,” and told Adele to teach children their catechism, how to make the sign of the cross, and how to approach the sacraments. And then Mary said, “Go and fear nothing, I will help you.”

Our next episode will go a little deeper into the apparition, and the miracles at Champion, but today we’re preparing for that pilgrimage with the help of Jesuit priest, Fr. Carlos Esparza.

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This episode is the first of three about The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI. This is the first and only Church-approved Marian Apparition site in the United States.

Our next episode will go a little deeper into the apparition, and the miracles at Champion, but today we’re preparing for that pilgrimage with the help of Jesuit priest, Fr. Carlos Esparza.

Visit the episode page: https://www.faithfullpod.com/wisconsin-wonder-a-pilgrim-seeks-a-guide/

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Wisconsin Wonder: Mary appears in Champion

This episode is the second about The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI. This is the first and only Church-approved Marian Apparition site in the United States.

This episode features Fr. Edward Looney, and Fr. John Broussard. We also learn about the Peshtigo fire on 1871.

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There’s a crisp hint of Autumn in the air when a young Adele Brise first catches sight of the mysterious figure. It’s October 1859. Adele carries her bag of wheat toward the grist mill, in a wooded patch of Northern Wisconsin, when she freezes, frightened. There, between a hemlock and maple tree stands a beautiful woman clothed in dazzling white, wearing a yellow sash and crown of stars atop her flowing golden hair, until...she’s gone. The vision of the woman fades, and Adele all alone, continues on her way.

A second encounter with the mystery woman a few days later is just as startling, compounded by the fact this figure doesn’t say a word.

On counsel from a priest, Adele is prepared for her next encounter and says to the figure: In God’s name who are you and what do you want from me?

I am the Queen of Heaven, who prays for the conversion of sinners, the woman says, and I wish you to do the same.

The Queen of Heaven—the Blessed Virgin Mary—proceeds to explain to Adele what she’s being called to do: teach the children of this wild country what they should know for their salvation, while also encouraging Adele, that she’s not going to have to do it alone.