Since 2016, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion has been the first and only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the United States, yet most people have never heard of it.
Our Lady of Champion
Heroes With Halos: Shrine Unites Faithful and Saints for Fourth of July Celebration
A small churchyard amid Wisconsin farmland became the site of a big holiday celebration over the Fourth of July weekend. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion hosted an event highlighting the Catholic Saints of America, with relics of 14 saints and blesseds, along with tents of displays from shrines and sainthood guilds around the country.
Devotional Site Honors Our Lady of Champion In Bay Ridge Church
Our Lady of Angels Church has erected a new devotional site honoring Our Lady of Champion, a little-known but historically significant Marian apparition.