>>> WERE BACK NOW TALKING ABOUT
FAITH AND THE ONLY PLACE IN THE
UNITED STATES THAT IS RECOGNIZED
BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS A SITE
WHERE THE VIRGIN MARY APPEARED.
THAT SITE IS IN A LITTLE SHRINE
JUST OUTSIDE OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.DE OF GREEN BAY,
WISCONSIN.
IT IS THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF OUR
LADY OF GOOD HELP.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME TO
PRAY AT THE SHRINE, INCLUDING THE WOMAN YOURE ABOUT TO MEET.
NANCY FOYETICK, A RETIRED
GRANDMOTHER SAYS BY THE TIME SHE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR
COLON CANCER, SHE WAS A LAPSED CATHOLIC.CER, SHE WAS A LAPSED
CATHOLIC.
BUT SHE WAS TOLD THE PLACE SHE NEEDED TO GO WAS THIS SHRINE.E
NEEDED TO GO WAS THIS SHRINE. AND WHEN SHE DID SHE SAYS WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A MIRACLE.BE
DESCRIBED AS A MIRACLE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
NANCY.
NANCY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. SO YOU GET THIS DIAGNOSIS, STAGE
FOUR COLON CANCER THATS MET AS
ADVERTISED
ADVERTISED SIZED TO YOUR LUNGS.
WHAT WAS YOUR PROGNOSIS?
>> TWO YEARS.
>> SO IT WAS TERMINAL, THEY TOLD
YOU.
YOU.
AND SOMEBODY SUGGESTS MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
SOUTH OF FORGIVE THE TERM, A
HAIL MARY PASS.
GO TO THE SHRINE. HAD YOU EVER HEARD OF THE
SHRINE?
SHRINE?
DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS A THING? >> WE HAD HEARD OF THE SHRINE?
>> WE HAD HEARD OF THE SHRINE AND ALWAYS WANTED TO GO BUT
NEVER DID.
NEVER DID. AND SO WHEN WE FOUND -- WE
DIDNT HAVE ANY HOPE.
WE WENT THERE FOR GUIDANCE.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
IM SORRY.
>> NO, NO.
ITS OKAY. >> SO WHEN WE WERE IN THERE
PRAYING, WE ALL WENT AS A
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
MY THREE CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND. CHILDREN AND MY
HUSBAND.
AND WE PRAYED FOR GUIDANCE.
AND WHEN I WAS THERE, LIKE I SAID, I CANT EXPLAIN IT, OTHER
THAN THAT I DIDNT HEAR THE
WORDS, BUT I FELT THEM.
THAT SAID YOURE GOING TO BE
OKAY.
OKAY.
YOURE GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> AND YOU WERENT -- YOU
WERENT AN ACTIVE CATHOLIC AT
THE TIME.
ITS NOT LIKE --
>> I WAS AN ACTIVE CATHOLIC.
>> YOU WERE.
>> I WAS, YES.
BUT -- AND I PRAYED, BUT I NEVER
PRAYED TO MARY AS MUCH AS I DID
TO GOD.
I WENT MOSTLY TO GOD. AND MARY WAS JUST THE ONE I
NEEDED TO GO TO AT THAT TIME.
>> SO THEN YOU GO -- YOU WERE
GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT.
>> YES.
>> YES. I WAS JUST DIAGNOSED, AND I
THINK -- DID I HAVE ONE CHEMO?
I HAD ONE CHEMO, AND IT WAS
RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT IN FOR A
SECOND OPINION AT THE HOSPITAL
IN MILWAUKEE.
IN MILWAUKEE.
>> SO YOU HAD A SURGERY TO
REMOVE A TUMOR FROM THE COLON? >> NO, I WENT FOR AN OPINION.?
>> NO, I WENT FOR AN OPINION. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OH, YES. >> ULTIMATELY, DID YOU HAVE --
>> IN APPLETON, DR. CHRIS WAGNER
TOOK THE TUMOR OUT OF ME, WHICH
WAS THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL.
>> AND THEN BOTH LUNGS, THEY
SAID, WERE AFFECTED.
>> TWO SPOTS ON THE LEFT AND TWO
SPOTS ON THE RIGHT.
>> AND WHICH LUNG HAD SURGERY
FIRST?
FIRST?
>> THE RIGHT.
>> AND THEY TOOK OUT THE TUMORS. >> YES, IT WAS CANCEROUS.TUMORS.
>> YES, IT WAS CANCEROUS. >> AND THEN THEY WENT TO THE
LEFT.
LEFT.
>> IN FEBRUARY, THEY WENT TO THE LEFT. FEBRUARY, THEY WENT TO THE
LEFT.
>> AND WHAT HAPPENED? >> AND DR. GESPARI TOOK SIX
INCHES OF MY LUNG, ABOUT AN
INCH, INCH-AND-A-HALF WIDE.
AND HE SENT IT DOWN TO LAB, AND
THEY SAID THERES NO CANCER.
AND HE SAID CHECK IT AGAIN.
AND THEY SAID NO CANCER.
AND HE SAID, CHECK IT AGAIN.
AND IT WAS NO CANCER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE DOCTORS -- THE DOCTORS,
THEY DONT USE TERMS LIKE
MIRACLES, BECAUSE THEYRE
MEDICINE MEN.
MEDICINE MEN. BUT THEY SAY THERE IS NO MEDICAL
EXPLANATION FOR THE FACT THAT
THEY WERE THERE AND THEN THEY
WERENT THERE.
WERENT THERE.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MUSHY
LIKE IT, BUT IT WASNT. >> AND I MEAN, DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT YOU RECEIVED A MIRACLE?
>> THE THING IS, THROUGH THIS
WHOLE JOURNEY, WE NEVER ONCE --
WE JUST KNEW WHEN WE WALKED OUT
OF THE CHAPEL THAT DAY THAT I
WAS GOING TO BE CURED.
AND I SAID TO THE KIDS, IM ONLY
GOING THROUGH THIS ONCE, AND
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE IF
ANYTHING WENT WRONG, I WOULDNT
TAKE TREATMENT.
TAKE TREATMENT. SO BECAUSE THIS IS VERY
PERSONAL, YOU JUST KIND OF WANT
TO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
BECAUSE ITS THAT PERSONAL.
AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY
I KNEW I WASNT GOING TO GO
THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
I MAY GO THROUGH SOMETHING ELSE,
BUT IM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
THIS AGAIN.
>> RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU
CANCER-FREE?
>> IM CANCER-FREE SINCE
FEBRUARY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING
YOUR STORY.
JAMES, LOVE TO YOU, AS WELL, FOR
BEING RIGHT THERE BY HER SIDE
THROUGHOUT IT ALL.
AND MICHAEL, THANK YOU.
>> MY ROCK.
>> FOR YOUR STORIES AND YOUR
HUNTING.
MAY IT CONTINUE.
ALL THE BEST FOR YOU.