Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help Shrine to be featured on ABC's 'Nightline' July 6

The spotlight shone on a small shrine in Champion in December when it became the sole location in the United States officially designated as a place where the Virgin Mary appeared.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help now has hundreds of visitors each day and will be featured in a primetime documentary on ABC's "Nightline" on July 6.

The documentary examines the things that made the Virgin Mary such a religious icon in the last century and highlights the trend of efforts to garner formal recognition of shrines.

The show will interview Marian experts and people who have seen apparitions, and it will visit shrines and pilgrimage sites across the world.

That includes a stop in Champion, a community 16 miles northeast of Green Bay, the only formally recognized apparition site in the United States, and a conversation with Bishop David Ricken of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. He oversaw the approval of the Marian apparitions at the shrine.

"We appreciated the opportunity to share our story with … the ABC staff during the three days they spent in our diocese this spring," Ricken said.

"I am confident that the account of the apparitions at the shrine will benefit all those who are able to view this program. We look forward to welcoming many of them to the shrine in the months and years ahead."

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