The Indian American Catholic Association hosted the 21st Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni. Hundreds traveled through a late summer downpour to congregate at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
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Jefreena Packianathan, vice president of the Indian American Catholic Association, walks across an aisle of the Upper Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Hundreds of Catholics of South Asian descent convened for IACA’s 21st Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)