Wisconsin's Belgian roots, wayside chapels, and the everyday pilgrimage | Faith Full Podcast

This episode is the third connected to The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, WI. This is the first and only Church-approved Marian Apparition site in the United States. Faith Full is a Catholic podcast hosted by Tony Ganzer.
This episode talks about needing to take mini-pilgrimages in our everyday life, and not just wait for big trips. You can stop for a moment of prayer anywhere, anytime. This episode features again Fr. Edward Looney, Fr. John Broussard, Fr. Carlos Esparza, and Fr. Stephen Dominic Hayes.
Part 1: A pilgrim seeks a guide • A Catholic pilgrim see...
Part 2: Our Lady appears • Our Lady of Good Help,...
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:57 Recap of our Champion Shrine series and pilgrimages
3:55 Mini-pilgrimages
5:50 Distractions and the need for God
6:36 Fr. Edward Looney and Belgian roadside chapels in Wisconsin
8:05 Examples of roadside chapels
10:30 Why people build chapels
13:30 Facebook page for roadside chapels
14:42 The importance of the everyday pilgrimage
17:57 Conclusion
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Standing on the shore of a mountain lake at sunrise, you may not think you’re necessarily on a pilgrimage, but then you’re drawn toward a prayerful moment. You gaze into the raspberry and amber skies, as the lapping waves try to sing you back to sleep. But you’re called to be present and aware of the awe.
Or maybe you hike toward an Alpine peak when you’re serenaded by birdsong; nature’s hallelujah. Again you’re very present in the moment; thankful and introspective, like a pilgrim. And then on the trail you literally see Christ on the cross.
A traveler, a pilgrim, before you thought to install a wayside chapel-a small, wooden structure to draw you even further toward God. These things are common in Europe, and in Wisconsin chapels created by European immigrants still pepper the countryside.
We have so many distractions around us. We have fancy gizmos to connect us to music, games, and people from all over the world. We have media sources shouting truths and not-so truths about anything and everything. But we also have unique places to help re-center ourselves.
This brings us to the idea of wayside chapels, or roadside chapels. In Wisconsin, literally down the road from the Champion apparition site, you begin to find tiny chapels.

[@travelnc2g]

Father Le Mieux was ordained in 1920. His first placement was in Kaukauna. The Le Mieux chapel was built in 1925 by his mother as a place for she and her son (Fr Le Mieux) to pray. She prayed there daily. The family did a 9 day novena to Saint Anthony every year.

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Thanks for sharing!!!

[@dianemcginnis6163]

Mary my Mother of Jesus I live right here. But have nobody to go with . To visit you. Please provide a friend . Amen

[@Alpinewild444]

Hi Diane, I am moving to Wisconsin next week, I know no one and would like to find a friend too. I haven’t watched the video yet, where is it you want to visit?

[@FaithFullPodcast]

You might reach out to the Diocese, to your local parish, or the Shrine office. There are volunteers who might put you in touch with nearby pilgrims!!

[@dianemcginnis6163]

I am . I'm from Wisconsin .

[@dianemcginnis6163]

Holy Hill Shrine is in Rubicon Wisconsin.

[@dianemcginnis6163]

In Milwaukee WI there's one on 68 th, and State street.

[@dianemcginnis6163]

I have 2 cousins buried in Holy Hill . People have been healed there at the basilica.

[@PaulinesCorner]

I am Assyrian born in Baghdad but raised in Chicago. I remember while visiting Beirut (Lebanon) they had these small shrines all over just as you described them. I miss seeing that so I am glad to learn we have them in Wisconsin. Our Assyrian community in Chicago, even though we belong to the Assyrian Orthodox Church, always visit Holy Hill and consider it as a pilgrimage. I hope to visit St. Mary's in Champion in the near future and also the small shrines.

[@FaithFullPodcast]

Thank you so much for sharing, Pauline! 😇🙏

[@marypeterson8504]

This was the 3rd instalment but how do I find the first two ??

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Part 2 with the most on the shrine!!) czcams.com/video/Wl-W-qo7EFI/video.html
Part 1 preparing for pilgrimage: czcams.com/video/82W8kawatJE/video.html
Thank you for asking 😇🙏

[@pgk60]

I wish there was some kind of map indicating where they are.

[@FaithFullPodcast]

Hi Peter! If you can get over to Facebook, Fr. Edward has a list of them. No map, but there's a list! Thanks for checking us out!! facebook.com/BelgianRoadsideChapels/posts/pfbid02ucrKtKaq8KMS1z499GnCcbNBp5QTxa5CapfmEGijX2qDTqx5UDF8qJGB9L3f5o8jl

[@pgk60]

Thank you! We’re going to be visiting the Champion Shrine in a couple weeks and the little chapels sound so interesting.