The Dominican Friars of the Province St. Joseph are beginning a 9-month novena to pray for the success of the third annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. 

The 9-month novena begins on Saturday, January 25, 2025, and will be prayed every last Saturday of the month for nine months. The friars want the faithful to join them again  in praying for the success of this year’s Rosary Pilgrimage and encourage people to visit rosarypilgrimage.org to get the novena prayer card sent to them and to view monthly video reflections on the Rosary.

Last year’s Rosary Pilgrimage, held in September at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., “was another great success,” said Fr. John Paul Kern, O.P., Executive Director of the Dominican Friars Foundation, “and we want this pilgrimage to bring more and more people together each year to deepen devotion to Our Lady and her Rosary, to pray with the friars and to lead many souls to Jesus through Mary.” 

The second annual pilgrimage brought 3,200 Catholics from across the country together for a day with great preaching by the friars, praying of the Rosary, Adoration,  and Holy Mass. At the end of the day-long pilgrimage at the Basilica, pilgrims were treated to an evening concert on the lawn of The Catholic University of America by the Hillbilly Thomists, who were wrapping up their summer tour with their new album, Marigold.

“There have been so many graces received on this day of Pilgrimage two years in a row now and Our Lady wants to continue to give us these graces this next year,” said Fr. John Paul. “So, begin praying with us now, every last Saturday of the month, for the success of the third annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage, and then join us for the next Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage on September 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C.”