On January 29, feast of Saint Francis de Sales, Institute priests and seminarians, as well as the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus, made a pilgrimage to Treviso, Italy, where the heart of Saint Francis de Sales is enshrined and honored in the convent of the Visitation Sisters. This pilgrimage has become an annual tradition.

Monsignor Wach celebrated a Solemn High Mass in honor of the Doctor of Divine Charity. In the late afternoon, Monsignor Schmitz presided at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and presented the holy relic to the sisters, seminarians, and faithful for pious veneration.