Departing from the headwaters of the Mississippi, the northern arm of the Pilgrimage descended from the north through the midwestern United States, passing through Wisconsin and Illinois, and met up with the other three pilgrimage routes at the Congress in Indianapolis.

The Marian route was named for its visit to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion—formerly Our Lady of Good Help—the first and only approved Marian Apparition site in the United States. This is particularly fitting, as the very first Eucharistic Pilgrimage was made by our Blessed Mother who traveled with the Body of Christ growing in her womb.

Mother of the Incarnation, pray for us!