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Honoring the Only Approved Marian Apparition in the U.S., by Emily Chaffins – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Photo by Denis Bayer on Unsplash

By Emily Chaffins, Catholic Exchange, May 29, 2025

Author’s note: A special thank-you for information from The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, National Catholic Register, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross, the Peshtigo Fire Museum, and The Journal Courier, on which this article is based.

Emily Chaffins is a fiction writer who has won multiple awards, including a Silver Key Award in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (Humor Category) and First Place for Undergraduate Fiction in the Florida International University Student Literary Awards. …

Avatar photo“I don’t understand. Why I am I the only one who can see her?” asked Adele Brise.

Adele’s parish priest rubbed his chin, trying to read her face. The young woman from Belgium looked genuinely puzzled. She truly believed she had twice spotted a stranger—a lady dressed in white—in the Champion, Wisconsin, woods, even though both her sister and friend swore they hadn’t noticed anyone during the second “sighting” earlier that day, Sunday, October 9th, 1859.

“She was there,” Adele repeated.

Although her sight was impaired due to blindness in her right eye, the 28-year-old had unmistakable conviction in her voice.

“Did the lady ever speak to you?” the priest asked.

“No, never.”

“How about this,” he said. “If you should have another of these encounters, say to this lady, ‘In God’s name, who are you and what do you want of me?’” …

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