New Frassati chapel brings daily adoration to downtown DC
Caroline MolloyJust a short walk from Washington, DC’s Chinatown, Immaculate Conception Church has opened a new chapel dedicated to the patronage of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati with opportunities every day for adoration and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
“During this Jubilee year, we hope to increase in knowledge and love of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament who is now being made all the more present and available in the heart of our nation’s capitol,” the parish website states.
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, the chapel’s namesake, was a young Italian man known for his zeal for life and his love of Christ, especially as present in the Eucharist. While most pictures of Bl. Frassati feature his passion for the outdoors through things like rock climbing and skiing, he was also a daily communicant who regularly spent time in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, according to Immaculate Conception’s website.
Bl. Frassati will be canonized next month, as CatholicVote previously reported, though the parish website notes that that is just one of several reasons why the chapel is being opened this year.
“2025 is a monumental year for the entire Church on earth,” the website notes. “This year marks the opening of our long-anticipated new parish office space and chapel, the 100th anniversary of Pier Giorgio Frassati’s death, his elevation to the sainthood, and also the universal Jubilee Year of Hope declared by our late Holy Father, Pope Francis. It seems especially fitting that Frassati be welcomed into the heart of Washington, D.C. in this year which follows closely in the wake of the National Eucharistic Revival proclaimed by our country’s bishops.”
The chapel, which is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, requires a code to access, which is given to those who sign up for slots to adore the Blessed Sacrament. Information about how to sign up can be found here.
A relic of Bl. Frassati will be permanently installed in the chapel for the faithful to venerate while praying there.
