By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register - The faithful always go to Mother Mary, seeking her consolation and intercession... And Marian pilgrimages can be powerful spiritual experiences... Certain days particularly attract pilgrims to celebrate. Do more people come on the Blessed Mother’s birthday on Sept. 8? “Oh absolutely!” answered Chelsey Hare, director of communications at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin. “The shrine usually sees an increased amount of pilgrims on Marian feast days — her nativity, the Assumption, Immaculate Conception.