Moved by miracles: Inside the growing devotion at a little-known U.S. Marian shrine

Vol. 11, No. 18

September 4, 2026

On the cover: Tyler Jedwabny pushes his son Brett’s wheelchair during the 1.7-mile children’s Walk to Mary May 2, 2026, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin. While it isn’t nearly as well known as Lourdes or Fátima, devotion is quietly growing at the only officially approved Marian apparition site in the U.S. On Page 10, associate editor Mike Cisneros reports on why a group of LA Catholics have made pilgrimages to Champion an annual tradition.