Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay has given
the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help a new name: the National
Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, named after the Wisconsin town in which
it is located.
The shrine’s rector said that the name change will “help address any
confusion that has existed in the past related to the Blessed Mother’s
title in reference to the National Shrine – including titles such as Our
Lady of Good Health, Our Lady of Good Hope, Our Lady Help of
Christians, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help.”
In 2010, Bishop Ricken decreed
that “that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele Brise
in October of 1859 [in Champion, WI] do exhibit the substance of
supernatural character, and I do hereby approve these apparitions as
worthy of belief (although not obligatory) by the Christian faithful.”
In 2016, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops designated the shrine as a national shrine.