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Considered a [[Mysticism|mystic]] by the local population, Brice was acclaimed as the "Seer of Champion". On January 30, 2026, [[David Ricken]], the Bishop of Green Bay, concluded the local investigations needed as the first step toward her possible [[canonization]], whereby she was granted the title of [[Servant of God]]. [{{cite web|url=https://adelebrice.org/#edict|work=Adele Brice|title=Servant of God Adele Brice|accessdate=February 19, 2026|archive-date=February 14, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260214033106/https://adelebrice.org/#edict|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Ricken |first=David Laurin |title=Decree on the Authenticity of the Apparitions of 1859 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help |url=https://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Evangelization_Worship/Shrine/Documents/Shrine-of-Our-Lady-of-Good-Help.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428152741/https://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Evangelization_Worship/Shrine/Documents/Shrine-of-Our-Lady-of-Good-Help.pdf |archive-date=2023-04-28 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Diocese of Green Bay}}] |
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Brice's visions were officially declared as credible and the chapel was recognized as a [[diocesan shrine]] by the [[Diocese of Green Bay]] in 2010, due to its long history as a place of pilgrimage and prayer, the first such recognition of a site in the nation.[{{cite web|url=http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/857-worthy-of-belief.html|work=Diocese of Green Bay|title=Worthy of Belief|date=December 8, 2010|accessdate=February 19, 2016|archive-date=December 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213223836/http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/857-worthy-of-belief.html|url-status=dead}}][{{Cite web |last=Lucero |first=Sam |date=9 December 2010 |title=Green Bay bishop becomes first in US to approve Marian apparitions |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1005014.htm#selection-811.0-811.66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210145541/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1005014.htm#selection-811.0-811.66 |archive-date=2010-12-10 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=www.catholicnews.com}}][{{cite journal |last1=Krebs |first1=J. M. |last2=Laycock |first2=J. |year=2017 |title=Marian Apparitions as New Religious Movements |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26418556 |journal=Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=5–12 |doi=10.1525/nr.2017.21.2.5 |jstor=26418556}}] The shrine was entrusted to the care of the [[Fathers of Mercy]] the following year.[{{cite web|title=Fathers of Mercy to begin serving at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help|url=http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/1078-shrine-priests.html|date=May 26, 2011|accessdate=February 19, 2026|work=Diocese of Green Bay|archive-date=March 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301061017/http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/1078-shrine-priests.html|url-status=live}}] It was raised to the status of a national shrine by the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]] in 2016.[{{cite journal |last=Park |first=Karen E. |year=2012 |title=The Negotiation of Authority at a Frontier Marian Apparition Site: Adele Brise and Our Lady of Good Help |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44195420 |journal=American Catholic Studies |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1353/acs.2012.0029 |jstor=44195420}}][{{cite book |last=Pfeifer |first=Michael J. |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11vccgs.6 |title=The Making of American Catholicism: Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience |publisher=NYU Press |year=2020 |chapter=Wisconsin Marianism and Upper Midwestern Catholic Culture, 1858–2010 |pages=77–91 |jstor=j.ctv11vccgs.6}}]
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The shrine became the first and only site in the United States of an approved Marian apparition.[{{Cite] web |last=Ricken |first=David Laurin |title= Decree approving Diocesan the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help |url=http://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Evangelization_Worship/Shrine/Documents/Diocesan-Shrine-Decree.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402175045/http://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Evangelization_Worship/Shrine/Documents/Diocesan-Shrine-Decree.pdf |archive-date=2017-04-02 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Diocese of Green Bay|date=8 December 2010}}[{{cite web|url=http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/857-worthy-of-belief.html|work=Diocese of Green Bay|title=Worthy of Belief|date=December 8, 2010|accessdate=February 19, 2016|archive-date=December 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213223836/http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/857-worthy-of-belief.html|url-status=dead}}][{{Cite web |last=Lucero |first=Sam |date=9 December 2010 |title=Green Bay bishop becomes first in US to approve Marian apparitions |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1005014.htm#selection-811.0-811.66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210145541/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1005014.htm#selection-811.0-811.66 |archive-date=2010-12-10 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=www.catholicnews.com}}][{{cite journal |last1=Krebs |first1=J. M. |last2=Laycock |first2=J. |year=2017 |title=Marian Apparitions as New Religious Movements |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26418556 |journal=Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=5–12 |doi=10.1525/nr.2017.21.2.5 |jstor=26418556}}] It was entrusted to the care of the [[Fathers of Mercy]] the following year.[{{cite web|title=Fathers of Mercy to begin serving at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help|url=http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/1078-shrine-priests.html|date=May 26, 2011|accessdate=February 19, 2026|work=Diocese of Green Bay|archive-date=March 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301061017/http://www.gbdioc.org/newsevents/news/1078-shrine-priests.html|url-status=live}}] It was raised to the status of a [[national shrine]] by the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]] in 2016.[{{cite journal |last=Park |first=Karen E. |year=2012 |title=The Negotiation of Authority at a Frontier Marian Apparition Site: Adele Brise and Our Lady of Good Help |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44195420 |journal=American Catholic Studies |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1353/acs.2012.0029 |jstor=44195420}}][{{cite book |last=Pfeifer |first=Michael J. |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11vccgs.6 |title=The Making of American Catholicism: Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience |publisher=NYU Press |year=2020 |chapter=Wisconsin Marianism and Upper Midwestern Catholic Culture, 1858–2010 |pages=77–91 |jstor=j.ctv11vccgs.6}}] |
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On January 30, 2026, [[David Ricken]], the Bishop of Green Bay, concluded the local investigations needed as the first step toward her possible [[canonization]], whereby she was granted the title of [[Servant of God]]. [{{cite web|url=https://adelebrice.org/#edict|work=Adele Brice|title=Servant of God Adele Brice|accessdate=February 19, 2026|archive-date=February 14, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260214033106/https://adelebrice.org/#edict|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Ricken |first=David Laurin |title=Decree on the Authenticity of the Apparitions of 1859 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help |url=https://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Evangelization_Worship/Shrine/Documents/Shrine-of-Our-Lady-of-Good-Help.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428152741/https://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Evangelization_Worship/Shrine/Documents/Shrine-of-Our-Lady-of-Good-Help.pdf |archive-date=2023-04-28 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Diocese of Green Bay|date=8 December 2010}}] |
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