In an impressive ceremony held on Sunday, June 11, 2023, the new Casa Italiana building housing the Holy Rosary rectory and the Italian-American Museum of Washington, D.C., was named Centro Scalabrini in honor of San Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, known as the “Father of Migrants.”

The naming ceremony, held in front of the museum entrance at 229 F Street, N.W., was attended by Apostolic Nuncio Christophe Pierre, six priests of the Scalabrinian order including Holy Rosary Pastor Sergio Dall’Agnese, Father Diego Puricelli, Father Andrei Zanon, and representatives of the Embassy of Italy, along with many parishioners.