Register for our August 20-22 Marian Pilgrimage here.
Join us on Pilgrimage Tuesday, August 20 to Thursday, August 22, with Fr. James Conlon, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ann Arbor to visit the site of the first (and currently only) approved Marian apparition in the USA.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI sits in the middle of farm fields, where in 1859, Adele Brise, a Belgian born woman, experienced apparitions from Mary.
Our tentative schedule follows:Read More
Tuesday, August 20 at 6:50 a.m. We depart from the front of the Church at St. Francis.
Brief stop at the Chicago Botanical Gardens, north of Chicago.
Visit to the Chapel of Saint Joan of Arc, Marquette University, Milwaukee. (The chapel dating from 1420 was moved from France and eventually to its current location. The chapel and the stone behind the altar are some of the few remaining relics from Saint Joan. We’ll celebrate Mass in the chapel.
Wednesday, August 21
Mass & Tour of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion, WI (site of the first approved apparition in the USA).
Visit to Shrine of Saint Joseph & St. Norbert Abby, De Pere, WI
Vespers with the Canons
Thursday, August 22
Mass at Holy Cross Church that overlooks the Bay. Visit for a look at the Niagara Escarpment at Bay Shore Park; the waterfall in the farm field.
Travel to Manitowoc to take the SS Badger across Lake Michigan to Luddington, MI
11:30 p.m. Arrive back at St. Francis Church.
Our price: $560/Adult (double room occupancy) or $525/per adult/per couple. Families are encouraged. Please call us for the family rate. The price includes transportation by coach, one lunch, 2 breakfasts, three dinners and all tour fees (including the Badger transportation fee). Two lunches are on your own.
For questions, contact Scott Wright at 734-821-2121 (swright@stfrancisa2.org) or Ellen Ward at 734-821-2130 (ward@stfrancisa2.org)
Donations of Backpacks & School supplies Needed