Hundreds of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics celebrated a prayerful, solemn afternoon during their 19th annual Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2022. Catholic communities from Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Chamorro, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Montagnard, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam have participated in this annual event. In a colorful opening procession, Asian Catholics in their native attire marched with ornate statues of Mary to the beat of traditional drums. People, in groups and with their families, took part in praying the rosary, followed by a Mass celebrated by Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville.
(Catholic Standard photos by Andrew Biraj)
Members of the youth group from Our Lady of Vietnam Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland, play traditional drums to welcome pilgrims at the beginning of the 19th Asian and Pacific Island Catholics’ Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception on May 7, 2022. (CS photo/Andrew Biraj)
Catholics venerating Our Lady of Antipolo from the Filipino Catholic Community, Our Lady of Indonesia from the Indonesian Catholic Community of Washington, Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni from the Indian Catholic Community, and Our Lady of Vietnam Catholic Church of Silver Spring, Maryland, carry statues of Mary as they process into the pilgrimage organized by the Asian and Pacific Catholic Network in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception on May 7, 2022. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
Members of the Vietnamese Catholic Community’s Our Lady of LaVang Mission took part in a sacred song and movement performance before participants prayed the rosary during the 19th annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on May 7, 2022. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
Praying the rosary
After the opening procession, rosary prayers were led by members of the Burmese, Syro-Malankara, Chinese and Filipino communities, and the Asian Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at the 19th annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the National Shrine. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
Pilgrims honoring Our Lady of Vailankanni from The Indian American Catholic Association (IACA) and Catholics from Our Lady of Vietnam Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland, were among the groups leading the praying of the rosary during the 19th annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
The Mass
During the 19th annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception on May 7, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville processed to the altar and later delivered his homily and accepted offertory gifts from the various Asian Catholic community members . (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
Thuy Nguyen, a member of the Vietnamese rosary group from Chantilly, Virginia, prays as Bishop Mario Dorsonville elevated the Eucharist, during the 19th annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the National Shrine on May 7. (CS photo/Andrew Biraj)
Above, Smitha Kuriakose, a member of the Indian Catholic community and below, other Asian Catholics pray and share signs of peace, during the 19th annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the National Shrine on May 7. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj).
In the photo above, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville distributes Communion to a member of the Indian Catholic community, and in the photo below, a member of the Vietnamese Catholic community receives Communion during the May 7 Mass for the 19th annual pilgrimage of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics to the National Shrine. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville offered a blessing to participants as he processed out after a Mass celebrating the 19th Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception on May 7, 2022. (CS photos/Andrew Biraj)
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