Catholic novenas starting today
A Catholic novena is nine consecutive days of prayer. Some Catholic novenas are traditionally prayed so that the ninth and final day falls on the feast day of a particular saint or Marian title. This page lists the novenas you can start today such that day 9 lands on the next upcoming feast, the novenas you can start within the next two weeks, and the full annual Catholic novena calendar.
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Start today
No fixed-feast Catholic novena starts exactly today. The year-round novenas below can be started any day; the Catholic novenas coming up in the next two weeks are listed in the next section.
Coming up in the next two weeks
Year-round Catholic novenas (start any day)
These Catholic novenas are not anchored to a single annual feast and can be started today, or on any day of the year. They are typically prayed in response to a specific intention rather than to prepare for a fixed celebration.
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The Surrender Novena
For: surrendering anxieties, illnesses, family troubles, and impossible situations to Jesus
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The Three Hail Marys Novena
For: obtaining the Marian graces of faith, hope, and charity through the daily Three Hail Marys devotion extended for nine days
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
For: love of and reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with consecration to His mercy
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The Divine Mercy Novena
For: trust in the Divine Mercy of Jesus, with each day praying for a specific group of souls
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The Infant of Prague Novena
For: trust in the Christ Child for urgent needs and family graces
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The Holy Family Novena
For: obtaining the protection of the Holy Family on Catholic families and the graces necessary for family life
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The Our Lady of Lourdes Novena
For: obtaining the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes for physical and spiritual healing and for the conversion of sinners
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The Holy Spirit Novena
For: the outpouring of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit on the soul and the Church
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The St Andrew Christmas Novena
For: preparation for Christmas, asking the graces of the Holy Family through the prayer recited fifteen times each day
Annual Catholic novena calendar
Every Catholic novena with a fixed annual feast date, sorted by upcoming start date. The start date is calculated so that day 9 of the novena falls on the feast itself.
| Novena | Start date | Feast (day 9) |
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| The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena | June 19 | June 27 (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) |
| The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena | July 8 | July 16 (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) |
| The Saint Christopher Novena | July 17 | July 25 (Saint Christopher) |
| The Saint Anne Novena | July 18 | July 26 (Saint Anne) |
| The Saint Maximilian Kolbe Novena | August 6 | August 14 (Saint Maximilian Kolbe) |
| The Saint Padre Pio Novena | September 15 | September 23 (Saint Padre Pio) |
| The Mary Undoer of Knots Novena | September 20 | September 28 (Mary Undoer of Knots) |
| The Saint Michael the Archangel Novena | September 21 | September 29 (Saint Michael the Archangel) |
| The St Therese Novena | September 23 | October 1 (Saint Therese of Lisieux) |
| The Saint Faustina Novena | September 27 | October 5 (Saint Faustina Kowalska) |
| The St Jude Novena | October 20 | October 28 (Saint Jude Thaddeus) |
| The Saint Cecilia Novena | November 14 | November 22 (Saint Cecilia) |
| The Miraculous Medal Novena | November 19 | November 27 (Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal) |
| The Immaculate Conception Novena | November 30 | December 8 (The Immaculate Conception) |
| The Saint Patrick Novena | March 9 | March 17 (Saint Patrick) |
| The St Joseph Novena | March 11 | March 19 (Saint Joseph) |
| The St Peregrine Novena | April 23 | May 1 (Saint Peregrine (and Joseph the Worker)) |
| The Saint Rita Novena | May 14 | May 22 (Saint Rita of Cascia) |
| The St Anthony Novena | June 5 | June 13 (Saint Anthony of Padua) |
How to use this Catholic novena calendar
If you want to pray a Catholic novena that ends on a particular feast day, count backward eight days from the feast: that is your day 1. For example, the feast of Saint Joseph is March 19. Eight days before March 19 is March 11. To pray the Saint Joseph Novena ending on his feast, begin on March 11.
Many Catholic faithful pray novenas in this way to prepare themselves spiritually for the saint's feast or the Marian celebration. The novena becomes a personal preparation in the same way Advent is a corporate preparation for Christmas and Lent is a corporate preparation for Easter.
If you do not want to wait for a specific feast, the year-round novenas above can be started any day. The Surrender Novena, the Mary Undoer of Knots Novena, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena, and the Divine Mercy Novena are the most commonly prayed Catholic novenas outside of feast-day preparation.
Movable Catholic feasts
Several major Catholic feasts move each year because they are anchored to Easter. The most important for novena preparation are:
- Pentecost (Easter + 49 days): the Holy Spirit Novena is traditionally prayed from the Friday after the Ascension through the Saturday before Pentecost. See the Holy Spirit Novena.
- Divine Mercy Sunday (the Sunday after Easter): the Divine Mercy Novena is prayed from Good Friday through the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday, with each day praying for a specific group of souls. See the Divine Mercy Novena.
- The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after the second Sunday after Pentecost): the Sacred Heart Novena is prayed in the nine days preceding the solemnity. See the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena.
- The Feast of the Holy Family (the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas): the Holy Family Novena is prayed in the nine days preceding the feast.
For these feasts, consult the current year's Catholic liturgical calendar for the exact date and count backward eight days for your novena's start.
The Saint Andrew Christmas Novena exception
The Saint Andrew Christmas Novena is a special Catholic devotion that runs from the feast of Saint Andrew on November 30 through Christmas Eve, twenty-five days rather than the standard nine. It is called a "novena" by tradition rather than by structure. See the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena.
Related Catholic resources
For all twenty-eight Catholic novenas organized by intention and tradition, see the Catholic novenas index. For Catholic novenas by intention specifically (healing, impossible causes, anxiety, employment, family, protection, travel, the dying), see the linked intention pages from the novenas index. For the doctrine of the Communion of Saints that lies beneath the novena tradition, see the Communion of Saints.