| National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion | |
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| 44°35′26.3″N 87°46′24.8″W / 44.590639°N 87.773556°W | |
| Location | Champion, Wisconsin |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | championshrine.org/ |
| History | |
| Status | National shrine |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Green Bay |
| Our Lady of Champion | |
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 Statue of Our Lady of Champion | |
| Location | Champion, Wisconsin, United States |
| Date | October 1859 |
| Witness | Adele Brise |
| Type | Marian apparition |
| Approval | December 8, 2010[1] Bishop David L. Ricken Diocese of Green Bay |
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, formerly dedicated as the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, is a Catholic shrine to Mary, mother of God located within the Diocese of Green Bay in the United States.[2] The chapel is in the Champion section of Green Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) northeast of downtown Green Bay proper. It stands on the site of the reported apparition of Mary to a Belgian-born woman, Adele Brise, in 1859.
The apparition was formally approved on December 8, 2010, by Bishop David L. Ricken, becoming the first Marian apparition approved by the Catholic Church in the United States. Bishop Ricken also approved the chapel as a diocesan shrine, recognizing its long history as a place of pilgrimage and prayer.[3] On August 15, 2016, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops designated the shrine as a national shrine.[4] In recognition of this, the shrine's name was changed to The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help.[4]
On April 20, 2023, the name of the shrine was changed to The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion.
- ^ "Bishop Ricken Approves Marian Apparitions at Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help". Diocese of Green Bay. 2010-12-08. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
'I declare with moral certainty and in accord with the norms of the Church that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele Brise in October of 1859 do exhibit the substance of supernatural character, and I do hereby approve these apparitions as worthy of belief (although not obligatory) by the Christian faithful.'
- ^ "Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help". gbdioc.org. Green Bay, WI: Diocese of Green Bay. Archived from the original on 2013-08-31.
- ^ "Worthy of Belief". gbdioc.org. Green Bay, WI: Diocese of Green Bay. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ a b Shelby Le Duc (August 15, 2016). "Champion shrine nationally recognized". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved August 15, 2016.