1859 – Our Lady of Good Help

Fun Fact

The Shrine at Champion, Wisconsin is the first and only Marian shrine in the United States that is on the site of an approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Who did she appear to?

Adele Brise

What was her message?

The story: Migrating from Belgium to the thick forest of America

6 Things Our Lady Of Good Help Asked Us To Do:

1. Make a general confession.
2. Offer Communion for the conversion of sinners.
3. “Gather the Children in this wild country and teach them what they need to know for salvation.” – Our Lady of Good Help
4. Teach children the catechism.
5. Teach children how to make the Sign of the Cross.
6. Teach children how to approach the Sacraments.

The Queen of Heaven promises her help to those who will commit to doing these things, “Go and fear nothing. I will help you.”   

How did the witness describe Mary’s appearance?

A bright glow appeared between a maple tree and a hemlock tree. The light slowly took the form of a beautiful woman. The lady had blond hair, a white dress, a yellow sash and a crown of twelve stars.

Who approved the apparition?

Authenticity of the Apparitions of 1859 in Champion, Wisconsin 

In 2010, after an investigation, Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay announced Our Lady of Good Help as “worthy of belief” and made it America’s first Marian apparition.,

“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.”

Miracles

In the great Peshtigo Fire of 1871,  almost all of the town was destroyed……except for the chapel. As the fire approached, Adele led a procession with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary around the chapel. The fire stopped just a short distance from the Chapel and Adele’s chapel and everyone who sought refuge there were spared. The fire destroyed an area the size of Rhode Island, killing more than a thousand people, but it only scorched the outside of the chapel fence!

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