They have been coming for more than half a century, ever since a woman named Mary Ann Van Hoof claimed she saw the Virgin Mary beneath several trees right outside her house.
The Bishops of LaCrosse reportedly have strongly disapproved. Sean O'Lachtnain's recounting says
In 1975 Bishop [Frederick] Freking excommunicated and refused sacraments to anyone who: attended, participated, approved, associated with, contributed to, anything whatsoever associated with the Shrine at Necedah, whether pageants, prayer meetings, devotions, venerations, visits, meetings, classes, secret meetings, strategy meetings, seances, movies, books, or anything else, whether at the Shrine or away from it.
"Visits"? Uh-oh.
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