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US bishops to consider sainthood cause of Wisconsin Marian visionary

Meet Servant of God Adele Brise

Michelle La Rosa
Jun 01, 2024
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When the U.S. bishops gather for their plenary assembly this month, they will vote on the canonization cause of Servant of God Adele Brise, an illiterate religious sister who received apparitions of Mary in Wisconsin nearly 200 years ago.

Adele Brise. Credit: The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion.

The life of Brise will be discussed at the June plen…

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