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AMDG. Have you ever wanted to see a Marian apparition site? You don't even have to leave the country to do so-- Champion, WI, is home to the only approved Marian apparition site in the U.S.  

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Fr. Nathan Mudd, chaplain at Our Lady of Champion Shrine, shares the story of Our Lady of Champion and Adele Brise, a woman Fr. Mudd hopes to see canonized soon. Fr. Mudd discusses his life as travelling missionary and how his background as a Kolbe graduate influences him today. As a member of the Fathers of Mercy, Fr. Mudd has devoted his life to bringing souls back to God and inviting people to experience a spiritual resurrection. In his missionary work, Fr. Mudd lives out Mary’s calling at Champion: “Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation.”

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Learn more about the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion:

• Website: championshrine.org
• Shrine Newsroom for images, history timeline and more
• On social media
  • Instagram: @championshrine
  • Facebook: @ChampionShrine
  • X: @ChampionShrine
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChampionShrine  

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Related Kolbecast episodes:

• 119 The Hope Throughout with Tom and Noelle Crowe of The American Catholic History Podcast
• 235 The Disposition of Pilgrimage with Joan Watson

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Links mentioned & relevant:

• Fathers of Mercy
• Kolbe Academy Recommended Reading List
• Episode of the American Catholic History about Our Lady of Champion

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