Join Katie Prejean McGrady on Pilgrimage
Katie Prejean McGrady is a speaker, award winning author, and host of The Katie McGrady Show on The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM. Katie hosts three podcasts: Ave Explores, from Ave Maria Press, Like a Mother, with Our Sunday Visitor, and Family Mass Prep, on Hallow. She’s an op-ed columnist for La Croix International, a regular writer for Our Sunday Visitor, Aleteia, and Blessed is She. Katie represented the USCCB at the Pre-Synod gathering of youth and young adults in the Spring of 2018 and serves as a member of the working group on youth and young adult ministry for the USCCB. Katie has hosted the National Catholic Youth Conference, Steubenville Conferences, spoken in 43 states and 7 countries, and her podcasts and radio shows have been listened to by millions. Katie lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana with her husband and daughters.
Upcoming Pilgrimage Trips
Our Spiritual Director: Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P.
A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Father Patrick Briscoe joined the Order of Preachers in 2010. He completed his initial studies in theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, where he earned a licentiate in moral theology. Following his ordination to the priesthood, he was assigned in Providence, Rhode Island. Father Patrick served as a parish priest at St. Pius V Church, and as a chaplain and instructor of theology at Providence College. He was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of the English edition of Aleteia.org, the global Catholic news and spirituality website.
Father Patrick is a Eucharistic Preacher, a work he has undertaken to support the USCCB-led Eucharistic Revival. Along with his Dominican brothers, he is host of the podcast Godsplaining and a co-author of Saint Dominic’s Way of Life: A Path to Knowing and Loving God. He is also the author of the OSV seasonal devotional, My Daily Visitor.
