The Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage is pleased to announce that Fr. Austin Dominic Litke, O.P., will serve as the principal preacher for the 2025 pilgrimage on Saturday, September 27, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Fr. Austin is the Promoter of the Holy Rosary for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph and a Dominican friar with a background in pastoral ministry and theological scholarship.

About Fr. Austin Litke, O.P.

Ordained a priest in 2011, Fr. Austin has served as a chaplain at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital and at New York University. He earned a doctorate in Patristic Theology from the Pontifical Patristics Institute in Rome and has taught at both the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.

He currently teaches in the Department of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. This fall, he will return to Rome to begin a new assignment teaching at the Angelicum. Fr. Austin is also a member of The Hillbilly Thomists.

Join Us for the 2025 Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

Now entering its third year, the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage draws pilgrims from across the country for a full day of prayer, preaching, Eucharistic adoration, Confession, and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In 2024, over 300 pilgrims were enrolled in the Rosary Confraternity, and the Basilica resounded with thousands praying the Rosary together.

We invite you to mark your calendars for Saturday, September 27, 2025, and join us at the Basilica in Washington, DC.

More details to come—including the official schedule.