Marian Shrine Increases Staffing to Welcome Faithful Crowds

ABC WBAY2
By Matt Smith
WISCONSIN - A shrine in rural Brown County was in the national spotlight Wednesday. A "Primetime Nightline" special on miracles featured the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion. Just off County Road K in Champion, near New Franken, the population in this countryside explodes every morning. Thousands of faithful have descended on this place deemed holy. And to keep up with this growing curiosity, the Marian shrine is making some changes. Thursday ends the first week for Father Peter Stryker as the shrine's new rector. He's joined by another full-time priest so Mass and confession can be offered daily. The shrine is open from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. each day. [link]

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ABC News to Profile America's ONLY Marian Shrine on June 29

WBAY ABC News
By Jeff Alexander

WISCONSIN - The Marian shrine north of Green Bay is now attracting thousands of visitors every week. As the only confirmed apparition site in the United States, word is traveling fast. Later this month, the shrine will be in the national spotlight as part of a five-part ABC News investigation entitled "Primetime Nightline: Beyond Belief." "Nightline" co-anchor Bill Weir explores miracle mysteries from around world. This episode airs June 29 at 9 P.M. [link]

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Wisconsin's Virgin Mary Shrine Drawing More Visits

FOX 11
By Ben Krumholtz

WISCONSIN - Our Lady of Good Help near Champion has always had a strong showing at its May Celebration. “It used to be just a local event with 200 to 300 people,” said Karen Tipps, a caretaker for the church. This year, the shrine's event drew about 700 visitors. “It's a lot of out of town people,” said Tipps. Tipps says things have picked up since last December when Bishop David Ricken made Our Lady of Good Help the first bishop recognized apparition site in the United States. The holy site is funded solely from donations. [link]

Virgin Mary shrine drawing more visits: fox11online.com

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Wisconsin's Virgin Mary Shrine, is also a home

CHICAGO READER
By Sam Worley

Shrine photographed by Sam Lucer

WISCONSIN - The Tippses' home sits on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help outside Champion, Wisconsin. A winding trip down rural roads leads to the shrine's chapel, the stations of the cross, a grotto, and a crypt where a collection of crutches is amassed—alleged evidence of miracles performed. Upstairs there's a gift shop that sells Catholic paraphernalia: crosses and trinkets, DVD dramatizations of the lives of saints, T-shirts. Karen Tipps and her husband are the shrine's caretakers—a task that became far more intense after it received a rare designation. On December 8, the Catholic church affirmed the shrine as one of about a dozen sites worldwide—and the first in the U.S.—to have received a visit from the Virgin Mary. [link]

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