The first novena ever prayed is the Pentecost Novena, or the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 27, and concludes on Saturday, June 4. Catholics worldwide often recite the ...

An initiative of prayer and religious formation under the aegis of St. Joan of Arc has just been initiated in France, with the aim of making it recover its original vocation as the “Eldest Daughter of ...

As the feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman is celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 8, members of the Dominican order and thousands of Catholic laity are continuing a nine-month novena before heading to Washington, ...

I remember my first time attending a novena of prayers for the dead drawn from traditions of rural Mexico. The sense of community was palpable. Night after night, patio chairs were set up under ...

Pope Benedict XVI has decreed an indulgence for Catholics in Hong Kong who join a novena to Our Lady, Help of Christians asking for special prayers for the Church in China. The novena is a response to ...

Since Thursday morning, about 250 people have knelt, morning and evening, inside and prayed for their hearts' desires. A sampling of petitions read aloud offers a glimpse into the suffering and hard ...

As the Solemn Novena to St. Ann enters its second century, the faithful will celebrate a message that “hope never fails” as they make their annual pilgrimage to West Scranton this week. With its ...

SCRANTON – As many longtime worshippers made their yearly trip to St. Ann’s Shrine Basilica on Sunday evening, George Coyoy visited for the first time. Coyoy, 33, who moved to Scranton from Miami ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Michael and Rose Ann Murphy met in 1984, during that year’s Solemn Novena to St. Ann in West ...