Jubilee Year 2025

Our Lady of Grace Parish

Led by Rev. Ferdinand Ezenwachi, Pastor and Rev. Gerard Bowen, Director of Senior and Retired Priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore

10-Day Pilgrimage to Italy | November 16-25, 2025

Dear Friends,

I would like to personally invite you to join our parish family and Fr. Bowen on this Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Italy’s holiest cities most dear to Christian hearts. Our pilgrimage will begin in Rome, the “Eternal City”! We will enter through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica and visit the other Papal Basilicas of Rome to receive a plenary indulgence. We will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, attend the Holy Father’s general audience, and explore the sites of ancient Rome.

In Assisi, we will walk in the footsteps of St. Francis and St. Clare. We will explore the Renaissance city of Florence, with its abundance of famous art and magnificent cathedrals. Then on to Padua, home of the Basilica of St. Anthony with its famous Chapel of the Relics. Our pilgrimage concludes in the the lovely lagoon city of Venice where we’ll enjoy sites like the Grand Canal, St. Mark’s Basilica and Square, Rialto Bridge, and maybe even a Venetian gondola ride!

Best of all, we will be celebrating our faith, forming deeper bonds of friendship, and enjoying the food and customs of Italy. Sharing such experiences with our parish family and friends brings us closer to one another and to God. I hope you will prayerfully consider joining us as “Pilgrims of Hope” on this special Jubilee Year Journey.

Rev. Ferdinand Ezenwachi, Pastor