Epiphany – September 19, 2025
The 3rd Annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage is taking place Sept 27th in Washington DC. Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P. explains. Cardinal Marc Ouellet joins Vanessa on his book covering the risks and opportunities of a Synodal Church.
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Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage – Washington DC Sept 27
The 3rd annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage is a national pilgrimage celebrating the Rosary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC on September 27, 2025. This full-day event is hosted by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph and our local charters of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary and welcomes Dominican Friars, Dominican Sisters, members of the Rosary Confraternity, and everyone who wants to come from across the country. The Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage begins (spiritually) with a nine month novena starting on January 25, 2025.
Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P. is the spokesperson for the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. He attended Franciscan University of Steubenville and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and Theology.
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Word, Sacrament, Charism: The Risks and Opportunities of a Synodal Church
“Cardinal Ouellet offers an ecclesiological key for a better understanding and practice of a Synodal Church. He asks what does the future hold for a synodal Church? Missionary conversion or confusion? Spirits are stirred by the many questions raised by the vast consultation of the people of God gathered under the uncomfortable tent of synodality.”
Cardinal Marc Ouellet was born in La Motte, Quebec and ordained a priest in 1968. He served as professor and rector of several major seminaries. In 2002 he was appointed Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, and was created Cardinal. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
