On Saturday, May 2, the annual Walk to Mary pilgrimage will take place in Wisconsin, and the director of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion says there are close to 10,000 registrations for the event!
The 22-mile pilgrimage starts with St. Joseph (at the National Shrine of St. Joseph) and walks to Mary (at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion) to get to Jesus.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion is America’s only Church-approved Marian apparition site, where in 1859, the Blessed Mother appeared to Servant of God Adele Brice.
Many Catholic schools in the area use the pilgrimage as a fundraising opportunity, as Catholic education was a fundamental part of the mission of Adele Brice.
Our Lady of Champion is intrinsically attached to the mission Catholics For Catholics and she inspired the name of our show “The Catholic Champion” which airs every Wednesday 12pm ET on our YouTube channel.
Our mission is to evangelize, with zeal and courage, America through public prayer, powerful media, and strategic political action. This is in response to Our Lady’s message to Adele Brice to teach the Catholic catechism to the children (citizens) of “this wild country,” saying, “Go and fear nothing, I will help you.”
A record number of pilgrims are set to participate in the annual “Walk to Mary,” a 22-mile pilgrimage at the only Marian apparition site in the United States. Don Warden and Tyler Jedwabny, who are part of organizing the “Walk to Mary,” share more about the pilgrimage. pic.twitter.com/yAkdmsGlhj
— EWTN News Nightly (@EWTNNewsNightly) May 2, 2026
Servant of God Adele Brice is also featured on our Catholic Patriotic Calendar 2026 which is available for purchase, and we recently dedicated a Catholic Patriotic Minute video to her story.
More information on the pilgrimage can be found at WalktoMary.com.
We are praying for everyone involved with the pilgrimage!
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