Father James Genhart, right, leads a group of University of Delaware Newman Center students to the Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
The large crowd of about 500 people soaked in all the sites at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during the Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage Oct. 11 in Washington.
Coverage includes Bishop Koenig’s homily from the closing Mass.
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Seminarians and priests at the Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Father James Genhart, right, leads a group of University of Delaware Newman Center students to the Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Posing together from St. Michael Archangel in Georgetown are, from left, Daniella Sanchez, 8, Magdalen Deleon, 6, Isaiah Deleon, 3 Matias Sanchez, 2, as part Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Darin Howell, lead Focus missionary and team director at Newman Center at University of Delaware, joins Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 11. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
From left, Father Brian Lewis, seminarian Jakob Brown and Leann Brown, Jakob’s mom. Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Dialog photo/Joseph P. Owens
Bishop Koenig celebrates at Diocese of Wilmington Marian Pilgrimage Oct. 11. Photo/Vincente Santoyo