The first novena ever prayed is the Pentecost Novena, or the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 19, and concludes on Saturday, May 27. Catholics worldwide often recite the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Catholic Conference and the Knights of Columbus in that state are inviting Catholics nationwide to join them in praying a Novena for Life to promote the sanctity of ...

An Interview with Annie and John-Paul Deddens of Pray More NovenasAnnie and John-Paul Deddens are the co-founders of PrayMoreNovenas.com, an online prayer ministry based in Dayton, Ohio. The ministry, ...

Yes, provided that a prayer is a faithful one and the person praying is disposed to whatever answer they may receive, realizing that God answers in edifying ways that don’t always accord with our ...

Good things happen when you combine the Divine Mercy Novena with Catholic meditation. In this post you can learn how to meditate on novena prayers and thus grow closer to God. Jesus appeared to St.

Editor's note: NCR is sharing with our readers a nine-day Novena for Pentecost resource created by board member and composer Dan Schutte. Schutte writes, "if there's ever a moment when we all could ...

This prayer helps to enter into the spirit of the obedience that permeates the Annunciation.Each year the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Annunciation on March 25, a day that commemorates ...

Mary Reed Newland explains that a novena is nine days of any acceptable prayer. Here are two examples of novenas to St. Joseph. The first is unique in that the prayers are the prayers that would have ...

Saint John Marie Baptist Vianney you were born of a deeply religious mother; from her you received the Holy Faith; you learned to love God and to pray. At a young age, you were seen kneeling in the ...