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Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

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Schedule

PILGRIMAGE SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 26, 2026

9 AM – Doors Open
10 AM – Opening Procession  | Upper Church
10:20 AM – Novena Prayer
10:30 AM – Conference I | Fr. Peter John Cameron, 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 | Fr. Peter John Cameron, 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. Walter Wagner, 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

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.

Fr. Peter John Cameron

Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.

Principal Preacher

Father Peter John Cameron, O.P., was ordained a priest in 1986 for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. Fr. Cameron is the founding editor-in-chief of Magnificat, where he worked from 1998-2018. He holds the Carl J. Peter Chair of Homiletics at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, and he teaches a seminar at the Angelicum. Fr. Cameron is the author of Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces (Cluny Media, 2022).

Fr. Walter Wagner

Fr. Walter C. Wagner, O.P.

Homilist

Fr. Walter Wagner entered the Order of Preachers on August 15, 1988. Since his ordination on May 21, 1993, he has served as a college teacher, a retreat master, novice master, and pastor. He is the Religious Assistant to the North American Association of Dominican Monasteries. Most recently, he served as pastor at the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer Parish and St. Catherine of Siena in New York City from 2010 to 2021.

Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

September 26, 2026
9:00 am – 9:00 pm

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.

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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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