there were three occasions that adelle bryce believed she had visions of the virgin mary.n the third vision, on the third appearance, the virgin mary instructed her to spread the world of salvation throughout the area among the pioneer people living here in the wilderness. for the rest of her life she did just that, serving more or less as a missionary in the area to pioneer families living in a very remote and rugged area of the mid 19th century. after she experienced the apparitions, she confided in her parents and in the local catholic priest, and her father built a small shrine here at the location of the apparitions. in october of 1871 a huge wildfire broke out on the west side of green bay, in a community there. remains the largest wildfire in the nation's history. it claimed more than 1200 lives. and the wildfire was so great that it created its own atmosphere, more or less, the hurricane of fire. it threw flames, sparks, heat and ash across the bay of green bay roughly 35 miles and ignited wildfires here in the area of southern door county. here adele bryce and oth

there were three occasions that adelle bryce believed she had visions of the virgin mary.third vision, on the third appearance, the virgin mary instructed her to spread the world of salvation throughout the area among the pioneer people living here in the wilderness. for the rest of her life she did just that, serving more or less as a missionary in the area to pioneer families living in a very remote and rugged area of the mid 19th century. after she experienced the apparitions, she confided in her parents and in the local catholic priest, and her father built a small shrine here at the location of the apparitions. in october of 1871 a huge wildfire broke out on the west side of green bay, in a community there. remains the largest wildfire in the nation's history. it claimed more than 1200 lives. and the wildfire was so great that it created its own atmosphere, more or less, the hurricane of fire. it threw flames, sparks, heat and ash across the bay of green bay roughly 35 miles and ignited wildfires here in the area of southern door county. here adele bryce and others ga

there were three occasions that adelle bryce believed she had visions of the virgin mary.third vision, on the third appearance, the virgin mary instructed her to spread the world of salvation throughout the area among the pioneer people living here in the wilderness. for the rest of her life she did just that, serving more or less as a missionary in the area to pioneer families living in a very remote and rugged area of the mid 19th century. after she experienced the apparitions, she confided in her parents and in the local catholic priest, and her father built a small shrine here at the location of the apparitions. in october of 1871 a huge wildfire broke out on the west side of green bay, in a community there. remains the largest wildfire in the nation's history. it claimed more than 1200 lives. and the wildfire was so great that it created its own atmosphere, more or less, the hurricane of fire. it threw flames, sparks, heat and ash across the bay of green bay roughly 35 miles and ignited wildfires here in the area of southern door county. here adele bryce and others ga

there were 3-0 cases that adele bryce believes she had visions of the virgin mary, and on the third visionrd appearance, the virgin mary instructed her to spread the word of salvation throughout the area, among the pioneer people living here in wilderness. and for the rest of her life, she did just that, serving more or less as a missionary here in the area to the pioneer families living in a very remote and rugged area of the mid 19th century. after she experienced the apparition, she confided in her parents and in the local catholic priest, and her father built a small shrine here at the location of the apparitions. in october of 1871, a huge wildfire broke out on the west side of green bay in a community. it remains the largest wildfire in the nation's history. it claimed more than 1,200 lives. and the wildfire was so great that it created its own atmosphere more or less, a hurricane of fire, and it threw flames, sparks, heat, and ash across the bay of green bay roughly 35 miles and ignited wildfires here in the air a y of southern door county. on that night, as the flames began to spre

adell bryce and others gathered at the shrine.he chapel her father built to pray for their safety. the following day the fire had burned itself out and the morning light came up it was revealed that the entire area had been devastated by the fire. except for an immediate area surrounding the chapel. the shrine continued to draw pilgrims and other visitors. throughout the years. as a somewhat modest attraction. at first the catholic church took a somewhat skeptical view of the reports of the apper igss. they never doubted the work the good work and character of adell bryce. it wasn't until 2008 that the catholic church convened a formal investigation into the reports of the aprigss at the sight. in 2010 the church concluded that the visions experienced by bryce were indeed worthy of belief. by the catholic church. the churches sanction of this site as worthy of belief is significant. it is only one of 12 sights worldwide that is approved by the church. it's the only site in the united states. at this time. so it ranks up there with