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Bishop David Ricken and the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help Champion, Wis., Dec 9, 2010 / 05:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With approval from Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, a chapel in the town of Champion is now the first approved Marian apparition site in the United States.On Dec. 8, 2010 –the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception– the bishop decreed with “moral certainty” that the Virgin Mary had indeed appeared to a young Belgian immigrant woman, Adele Brise, on three occasions in October of 1859. Since 1861, the site of those apparitions has been home...

Spotlight on Shrine ABC's 'Primetime Nightline' to air piece July 13 on Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help GREEN BAY, Wis. (July 5, 2011) -- The ABC News program "Primetime Nightline" featuring the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help has been rescheduled to 9 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 13, on the ABC network, including WBAY, Channel 2.  More on Shrine • Recognition has believers   flocking to Shrine• Shrine Web site• Shrine daily schedule• Events at Shrine• Retreats at Shrine• Chapel Chat newsletter• Apparitions approved The Shrine story is included in the program entitled "The Miracle Mysteries," the second in a five-part summer series called...