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According to legend, the Sisters of Loretto prayed a nine-day novena to St. Joseph, patron saint of Carpenters, for help building a staircase to the choir loft.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
Intercessions and novenas were prayed in hopes that God would miraculously heal Ian of his sickness.
—Josh Holdenried, National Review, 5 May 2023
This month, parishes across Southern California offered a novena, or nine days of intentional prayer, to St. Dymphna ahead of her feast day on Sunday as part of a recent push to create a more welcoming environment for those who suffer from mental afflictions.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
The nine-day novena devoted to the Blessed Mother of Jesus is observed and celebrated by Filipino Catholics around the world.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
The Catholic practice of a novena, or nine consecutive days of prayer, is a petition for divine favor.
—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022
Under normal circumstances, her family and friends would have gathered to pray a novena for nine days.
—Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
But the novena for Ugalde, who Iniguez has described as the center of the family, was over Zoom.
—Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
Each day of the novena, the procession has a different route, each a symbolic one.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2020
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
Intercessions and novenas were prayed in hopes that God would miraculously heal Ian of his sickness.
—Josh Holdenried, National Review, 5 May 2023
This month, parishes across Southern California offered a novena, or nine days of intentional prayer, to St. Dymphna ahead of her feast day on Sunday as part of a recent push to create a more welcoming environment for those who suffer from mental afflictions.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
The nine-day novena devoted to the Blessed Mother of Jesus is observed and celebrated by Filipino Catholics around the world.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
The Catholic practice of a novena, or nine consecutive days of prayer, is a petition for divine favor.
—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022
Under normal circumstances, her family and friends would have gathered to pray a novena for nine days.
—Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
But the novena for Ugalde, who Iniguez has described as the center of the family, was over Zoom.
—Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
Each day of the novena, the procession has a different route, each a symbolic one.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Novena.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novena. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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novena
noun
no·ve·na
nō-ˈvē-nə 
plural novenas or novenae
-nē
: a Roman Catholic devotion in which prayers are said for the same intention on nine days in a row
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