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Sainthood cause formally opened for northwoods catechist of ‘this wild country’

GREEN BAY, Wis. (OSV News) — It’s quite a birthday present — especially for someone born 195 years ago. On Jan. 30, the Diocese of Green Bay opened a cause for the beatification and canonization of Adele Brice, potentially leading to her formal recognition as a saint in the Catholic Church. The visionary and Belgian immigrant reported seeing the Virgin Mary three times in 1859. Woods of northern Wisconsin Those apparitions, which took place in t…

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Servant of God Adele Brice, witness to the first Church-approved Marian apparitions in North America, is eligible for beatification. The bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has issued a decree formally initiating the diocesan canonical investigation before beginning her cause for beatification. Our Lady appeared to Brice in the 19th century, calling for the catechism of sinners and prayer for them.

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