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Pilgrimage to Champion, Wisconsin

August 23, 2024

Our visit to Our Lady of Champion was an experience almost withno known words to describe. The thought of being in a place where Jesus’s mother actually appeared, and for us to bring our concerns, our thoughts but mostly all of our gratitude, for all that has been done for us, not just hoped for, but assured that those requests will get to her Son.

-St. Gabriel Parishioner, Steve Wright

Throughout our history, Catholics of learned of the many appearances of Mary in the world, encountering poor faith-filled people to be her messengers. These might be faces the world might consider as insignificant, but to Our Lady, they are everything. From Mexico and France to Portugal and Poland, Our Blessed Mother has served as her Son’s messenger and our intercessor in heaven.

This fall, you have the chance to visit the site of the only Marian apparition in North America that has been approved by the Vatican!

Registration is still open for St. Gabriel’s pilgrimage to Champion, Wisconsin, to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Champion on Saturday, September 28. The cost is $50 per person and covers the motor coach. Lunch will be provided by the shrine. Participants will depart at 7 a.m. from St. Gabriel’s parking lot and return by 5:15 p.m.

Spend the day on the grounds with time to celebrate Mass, visit the shrine and learn more about Mary’s encounter with Adele Brise, a young Belgium immigrant in 1859.

Participants are asked to register online and pay with a credit card. The deadline to register is Monday, September 9.

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