Parishioners, religious sisters, seminarians, families and visitors filled Holy Rosary Church in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 25 for Mass to celebrate the 125th anniversary of St. John Baptist Scalabrini’s visit to the United States. Cardinal Robert W. McElroy celebrated the Mass.
The concelebrants included Cardinal Silvano Tomasi, a longtime Vatican diplomat who is a member of the Scalabrinian order; Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the apostolic nuncio to the United States; and Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune of Charleston, South Carolina, who is also a member of the Scalabrinian order.
