Bishops designate Wisconsin site of Marian apparitions as national shrine
National Catholic News
August 18, 2016
ALLOUEZ, Wis. (CNS) -- Nearly 160 years ago, on Oct. 9, 1859, Mary appeared to a young Belgian immigrant living in Kewaunee County.
Today, it is the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States. On Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption, the U.S. bishops formally designated the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion as a national s...
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