Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, OP

Promoter of the Rosary for the Province of St. Joseph and Associate Director of the Dominican Friars Foundation

Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P., entered the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph in 2010. He made his solemn profession on August 9, 2014, and was ordained a priest on May 21, 2016. In the spring of 2010, he graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville with a Bachelor of Arts and subsequently received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Masters of Divinity from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. Joseph-Anthony served as the Chaplain to Catholic Hoos at the University of Virginia from 2017-2024. In 2025, he began to serve as the Promoter of the Rosary for the Province of St. Joseph and Associate Director of the Dominican Friars Foundation. Over the years he has worked in overseeing large-scale liturgies which include World Youth Day Krakow, USCCB Convocation, Fr. Emil Kapaun Homecoming, Amazing Parish conferences, and the National Eucharistic Congress. A native of St. Clairsville, OH, he is the youngest of three.