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Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

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Schedule

PILGRIMAGE SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 27, 2025

9 AM – Doors Open
10 AM – Opening Procession  | Upper Church
10:20 AM – Novena Prayer
10:30 AM – Conference I | Be Transformed by the Renewal of Your Minds: The Rosary and the Virtue of Faith | Fr. Austin Litke, O.P.
11 AM – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament | Upper Church
11 AM – 1:45 PM – Confessions | Memorial Hall 
12 PM – 1 PM – Book signings | Bookstore
1:45 PM – Benediction | Upper Church
2 PM – Conference II | Lift up Your Hearts: The Rosary and the Virtue of Charity | Fr. Austin Litke, O.P. | Upper Church
2:30 PM – Enrollment in Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary | Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P., Promoter of the Holy Rosary | Upper Church
3 PM – Rosary Procession
4:30 PM – Vigil Mass | Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P., Main Celebrant | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., Homilist | Upper Church
7 PM – Concert with the Hillbilly Thomists | Catholic University of America Mall

 

There will be conferences offered in Spanish in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. You can download the schedule in Spanish here. 

Se ofrecerán tema en español en la Iglesia Cripta de la Basílica del Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción. Puedes descargar el horario en español aquí.

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Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage Speakers

FrLitke

Fr. Austin Dominic Litke, O.P.

Principal Preacher

Fr. Austin Litke, O.P., is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was ordained a priest in 2011 and has served as chaplain to patients at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Hospital in New York city as well as to students at New York University. He earned a doctorate in Patristic Theology from the Pontifical Patristics Institute of the Lateran University in Rome and has taught at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (the Angelicum) in Rome as well as the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He is currently a professor in the Department of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. This Fall, he will move to Rome to teach at the Angelicum. Fr. Austin is a member of the Hillbilly Thomists.

Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.

Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.

Promoter of the Holy Rosary & Main Celebrant

Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2010. He made his solemn profession on August 9, 2014 and was ordained a priest on May 21, 2016. In the spring of 2010 he graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville with a Bachelor of Arts and subsequently received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Masters of Divinity from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. Joseph-Anthony served as the chaplain to Catholic Hoos at the University of Virginia from 2017-2024. In 2025 he began to serve as the Promoter of the Rosary for the Province of St. Joseph and Associate Director of the Dominican Friars Foundation. He is a co-host of the Godsplaining podcast alongside three of his Dominican classmates. Over the years he has worked in overseeing large-scale liturgies which include World Youth Day Krakow, USCCB Convocation, Fr. Emil Kapaun Homecoming, Amazing Parish conferences, and the National Eucharistic Congress. A native of St. Clairsville, OH, he is the youngest of three.

FrHofer

Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

Homilist

Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Ordinary Professor and Editor-in-Chief of The Thomist at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies and Master of Students for the deacons of the Province of St. Joseph at St. Dominic Priory in Washington, DC. Previously he served as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Nairobi, Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, and formator at the Dominican House of Studies. He is an author of many publications including The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh, Magnificat’s Way of the Cross and Rosary for a Eucharistic Revival, and he co-authored A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life and Our Father: Our Prayer of Hope. He enjoys preaching on the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Fr. Josemaría Guzmán-Domínguez, O.P.

Spanish Language Principal Preacher

Fr. Josemaría Guzmán-Domínguez, O.P., is the Chaplain and Director of the Catholic Community at Johns Hopkins University and a parochial vicar at SS. Philip and James Catholic Church in Baltimore, MD. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and in 2004 moved to Long Island, New York with his family. As an undergrad at Notre Dame (IN), he studied Italian Literature and from there God brought him to the Dominicans. He loves praying, preaching, and celebrating the Sacraments in his native Spanish, and is very glad to do so at the Rosary Pilgrimage this year!

We love and welcome families! Throughout the Pilgrimage Day, families with children are welcome to also visit the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II, which has prepared a special atrium with activities for children. They will also have monitors so that families may watch the livestream from the Upper Church.

In between conferences, we invite everyone to spend a few moments in front of the Blessed Sacrament in the Upper Church. From 11:00 am to 1:45 pm, you may visit the Basilica Café for lunch, located in the lower level of the Shrine, near the gift shop. At 12:00 pm, there will be a book signing at the bookstore.

Within walking distance of the National Shrine you can also enjoy lunch at a neighborhood restaurant or visit the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II, the chapel at the Dominican House of Studies, the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, or the Rosary Walk and Gardens at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

September 27, 2025
9:00 am – 9:00 pm

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC

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The Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage is hosted by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and promotes the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary.

This event is supported by the Dominican Foundation of Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph, Inc. a NY State tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, with tax ID # 26-3273636.

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