The home of the 12th American to reach sainthood could be in your backyard.

The Diocese of Green Bay opened the door to that possibility on Sunday, calling on Catholics to share testimony about how Adele Brice has impacted their lives.

According to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, the Virgin Mary appeared to the Belgian immigrant Brice in October 1859, calling her to dedicate her life to catechism and teaching local children God’s word.

During the Great Peshtigo Fire in 1871, Brise gathered area residents at the chapel and prayed for Mary’s protection from the blaze. While the fire destroyed much of the surrounding area, the grounds on which the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion sits remained largely untouched.

Brice was buried on the chapel grounds in 1896.

Over the years, many have pointed to visits to the shrine as the source of miracles in their lives. Those accounts led Diocese of Green Bay Bishop David Ricken to declare the Marian apparitions “worthy of belief” in 2010 and to designate the site—then known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help—as the first approved Marian apparition shrine in the United States.

Ricken is now calling on area Catholics to submit testimony as he considers nominating Brise for canonization.

According to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, there are 11 American saints and nearly 20 others who are considered “blessed” or “venerable.” There are four major steps to sainthood: request for canonization, determination, beatification and canonization.