The EWTN News portal (January 29, 2026) reports on the “Dominican Friars of St. Joseph” announcing their annual “rosary pilgrimage” scheduled for September 26 at the modernist-occupied Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The event promises “Eucharistic adoration,” “confession,” and Novus Ordo “Mass” alongside rosary recitations, with a nine-month novena beginning January 31. Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress claims this gathering “rekindles devotion to Our Lady” while expecting “more pilgrims than ever.” This spectacle exemplifies the conciliar sect’s substitution of sacramental reality with emotionalist pageantry.
Counterfeit Sacraments in Bastion of Modernism
The choice of the National Shrine as venue reveals the pilgrimage’s inherently sacrilegious character. This edifice—like all post-conciliar “churches”—lacks consecration according to the Pontificale Romanum (pre-1958), rendering it unfit for divine worship. When Kress speaks of “Eucharistic adoration,” he omits that any purported “Host” exhibited would be invalid matter consecrated through the illegitimate Novus Ordo rite, constituting idolatry of bread (Summa Theologica III q.75 a.1). Similarly, “confessions” heard by clergy ordained with the 1968 invalid rites lack jurisdiction and sacramental power, deceiving souls into false absolutions.
Pius XII’s Mediator Dei (1947) condemns such innovations: “Changes in sacred rites must come from the Church’s holiness—not from whims of liturgists.” The Shrine’s architectural deformities—communion rails removed, altars replaced with tables—visibly manifest the neo-church’s rejection of sacrifice. True Dominicans like Vincent McNabb would weep at seeing the Order’s legacy appropriated to stage this parody of Catholic worship.
Novena as Gestational Heresy
The proposed nine-month novena thinly veils naturalistic symbolism alien to Catholic devotion. While traditional novenas span nine days in imitation of the Apostles’ Pentecost preparation, this extended period invokes biological gestation—equating spiritual birth with natural processes. Kress’s claim that the novena “prepares pilgrims to receive graces” constitutes theft of divine prerogative, as grace flows solely through valid sacraments (Council of Trent, Session VII).
The Rosary’s true power lies in its subordination to the Holy Sacrifice, not its emotional communal recitation. As Leo XIII declared in Supremi Apostolatus Officio (1883): “The Rosary draws its power from the Mass.” By packaging it alongside invalid rites, organizers reduce it to a psychological tool for fostering false ecclesial belonging.
EWTN’s Role in Apostasy
EWTN’s promotion of this event confirms its status as the neo-church’s propaganda arm. Their reporter Francesca Pollio Fenton—who routinely interviews conciliar “celebrities” like Jonathan Roumie—frames the pilgrimage as authentic tradition while omitting doctrinal context. This aligns with Bergoglio’s “paradigm shift” where outward displays replace substance.
True Dominicans like St. Louis de Montfort warned: “Future ministers will rob Mary’s Rosary of its soul” (Secret of the Rosary, 1710). Kress’s statement about “rekindling love for Jesus and Mary” rings hollow when his community accepts Vatican II’s Nostra Aetate denying Our Lady’s universal mediation. The pilgrimage’s timing during October’s “rosary month”—instituted by Leo XIII against modern errors—becomes tragic irony when spearheaded by apostates.
Silence on the Real Crisis
Nowhere does the article address the canonical irregularity of these “Dominicans.” Their ordinations derive from Paul VI’s invalid rites, making them laymen in clerical attire (Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, Dubium, 1970). The shrine’s resident “clergy”—including Cardinal Wilton Gregory—publicly uphold heresies like religious liberty condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus (1864).
The true Rosary Crusade remains that of Archbishop Lefebvre—not these puppet “friars.” As the Lamentabili Sane decreed: “Modernists substitute pious sentiment for dogmatic truth” (Proposition 25). Until these faux-religious renounce conciliarism and return to pre-1958 sacraments, their pageantry serves only Satan’s kingdom.
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Dominican friars announce date of annual rosary pilgrimage and novena (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 29.01.2026