ALETEIA: Wisconsin bishop opened cause on Adele Brice’s 195th birthday. Here we explain the 3 components of the diocesan investigation phase of the canonization process.
On January 30, on what would have been her 195th birthday, Adele Brice was declared a Servant of God. The official opening of her canonization was the result of devotion of the faithful, and signals the beginning of the diocesan phase of investigation into her life.
Adele Brice (1831–1896), a Belgian immigrant to Wisconsin, was the only seer to witness apparitions of Mary, Our Lady of Champion, in 1859. She spent her life teaching the catechism to children, devoted to the mission Mary gave her to teach people what they need to know for their salvation.
In opening her cause, Bishop David Ricken explained, “We believe and I declare worthy that Mary, the Queen of Heaven, appeared to Adele and shared her wishes for her to educate the children in this wild country. And she spent her whole life fulfilling that mission.” […]
