Novenas

January Novenas:


St. Marguerite Bourgeoys

Begins on January 3

Patron Saint of: against poverty; loss of parents; people rejected by religious.

Info: Founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal. Venerated in Canada and USA.


St. Hilary of Poitiers

Begins on January 4

Patron Saint of: lawyers and against snake bites.

Info: Considered Doctor of Church.


Nine hour Novena to the Infant of Prague

Novena to the Infant of Prague

Begins on January 5

Patron Saint of: financial distress


Our Lady of Hope Novena

Begins on January 8

Patron Saint of: Pontmain, France, hope


St. Margaret of Hungary

Begins on January 9

Patron Saint of: against flood


St. Sebastian

Begins on January 11

Patron Saint of: soldiers, athletes, and those who desire a saintly


St. Agnes 

Begins on January 12

Patron Saint of: young girls, chastity, and the children of Mary


St. Marianne Cope

Begins on January 14

Patron Saint of: Lepers


St. Francis de Sales

Begins on anuary 15

Patron Saint of: deaf, Catholic writers, Catholic press


St. Paul the Apostle

Begins on January 16

Patron Saint of: gentile Christians, missions, theologians


St. Titus

Begins on January 17

Patron Saint of: Crete


St. Timothy

Begins on January 17

Patron Saint of: stomach issues


St. Angela Merici

Begins on January 18

Patron Saint of: the Sick, Loss of Parents


St. Thomas Aquinas

Begins on January 19

Patron Saint of: students


St. John Bosco 

Begins on January 22

Patron Saint of: apprentices, schoolchildren, editors and publishers


St. Brigid of Ireland

Begins on January 23

Patron Saint of: Ireland, poor, sick


Our Lady of Good Success Novena

Begins on January 24

Patron Saint of: Good Success, help and guidance


St. Blaise 

Begins on anuary 25

Patron Saint of: physicians, wild animals, sick cattle and of those with throat maladies


St. Agatha 

Begins on January 27

Patron Saint of: rape victims, breast cancer patients, wet nurses


St. Josephine Bakhita

Begins on January 30

Patron Saint of: victims, and human trafficking


St. Apollonia

Begins on January 31

Patron Saint of: Dentists, Toothache

February Novenas:


St. Scholastica

Begins on February 1

Patron Saint of: Nuns, Against Storms, Against Lightning, Against Rain


Our Lady of Confidence Novena

Begins on February 1


Our Lady of Lourdes Novena

Begins on February 2

Patron Saint of: bodily ills



St. Valentine

Begins: February 5

Patron Saint of: love, happy marriages, mentally ill, plague, epilepsy.


St. Claude de la Colombiere

Begins on February 6

Patron Saint of Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus


St. Peter Damian

Begins on February 12

Patron Saint of: Traceurs, Freerunners


St. Margaret of Cortona

Begins on February 13

Patron Saint of: against temptations, falsely accused people, homeless


St. Polycarp

Begins on February 14

Patron Saint of: against ear-ache, dysentery


Saint Walburga

Begins on February 16

Patron Saint of: Cough sufferers. Famine. Storms at sea. Antwerp, Belgium.


Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Begins on February 18

Patron Saint of: Students, Youth,Seminarians


St. David of Wales

Begins on February 20

Patron Saint of: Wales


St. Katharine Drexel

Begins on February 22

Patron Saint of: Philanthropy, Racial Justice


St. Colette

Begins on February 25

Patron Saint of: Women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers and sick children, against fever


Novena To Saints Perpetua and Felicity

Begins on February 26

Patron Saint of: mothers, expectant mothers, ranchers and butchers


St. John of God

Begins on February 28

Patron Saint of: heart problem, alcoholics, hospitals, and the dying

March Novenas:


Novena of Grace

Begins on March 4 or November 25


St. Patrick

Begins on March 8

Patron Saint of: Ireland, engineers


St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Begins on March 9

Patron Saint of: Catechists


St. Joseph

Begins on March 10

Patron Saint of: Families, Carpenters, Married Couples, Laborers, House Seekers, The Universal Church, A Happy Death


Annunciation Novena

Begins on March 16

The prayer helps to enter into the spirit of the obedience


St. Isidore of Seville

Begins on March 26

Patron Saint of: the Internet, and computer users


St. Vincent Ferrer

Begins on March 27

Patron Saint of: builders, preachers

April Novenas:


Divine Mercy Novena

Begins anytime during the whole month of April



St. Gemma Galgani

Begins on April 2

Patron Saint of: Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss of parents, those sufferingback injury or back pain.


St. Teresa of Los Andes

Begins on April 3

Patron Saint of: Against disease, Against illness, Young people, Santiago, Los Andes


St. Bernadette Soubirous

Begins on April 7

Patron Saint of: illness, poverty, and Lourdes, France


St. Benedict Joseph Labre

Begins on April 8

Patron Saint of: Unmarried men (bachelors), rejects, mental illness, mentally ill people, insanity, beggars, hobos, the homeless


St. Expedite

Begins on April 10

Patron Saint for a problem which needs to be solved immediately


St. Anselm of Canterbury

Begins on April 12


St. George

Begins on April 14

Patron Saint of: England, and Catalonia


St. Zita

Begins on April 18

Patron Saint of: Domestic Servants and Bakers


Our Lady of Montserrat

Begins on April 18

Patron Saint of: Catalonia


St. Gianna Beretta

Begins on April 19

Patron Saint of: mothers, physicians, and unborn children


St. Louis de Montfrot

Begins on April 19

Patron Saint of: public speaking, writers, education, and illness


St. Peter Chanel

Begins on April 19

Patron Saint of: Oceania


St. Catherine of Siena

Begins on April 20

Patron Saint of: fire protection, Italy, nursing services, activism


Our Lady of Africa

Begins on April 21

Patron Saint of: Africa


Pope Saint Pius V

Begins onApril 21

Patron Saint of: Italy, Malta


St. Peregrine

Begins on April 22

Patron Saint of: cancer patients


St. Athanasius

Begins on April 23

Patron Saint of: Theologians, and Faithful Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians


Saints Philip and James

Begins on April 24

Patron Saint of: Uruguay


St. Dominic Savio

Begins on April 27

Patron Saint of: choirboys, the falsely accused, purity


Our Lady of Pompeii

Begins on April 30

May Novenas:


St. Damien of Molokai

Begins on May 1

Patron Saint of: People Suffering from Leprosy.


St. John of Avila

Begins on May 1

Patron Saint of: Andalusia, Spain, Spanish secular clergy


St. Leopoldo Mandic

Begins on May 3

Patron Saint of: Cancer sufferers, Confession


Our Lady of Fatima Novena

Begins on May 4Feast Day: May 13

Patron Saint of: Roman Catholic Diocese, Leiria Fatima, and East Timor


St. Matthias

Begins on May 5

Patron Saint of: alcoholics, Carpenters, Tailors, Hope,


St. Dymphna

Begins on May 6

Patron Saint of: mental illness, epilepsy, and incent victims


St. Isidore The Farmer

Begins on May 6

Patron Saint of: National Rural Conference in the United States


Our Lady of China Novena


St. Brendan

Begins on May 7

Patron Saint of: Journeys and Voyages.


St. Paschal Baylon

Begins on May 8

Patron Saint of: Eucharistic congresses, sadness


Pope St. John I

Begins on May 9


Pope St. Celestine V,

Begins on May 10

Patron Saint of: Bookbinders, Aquila ,Urbino, Molise, Sant’Angelo Limosano


St. Ivo of Brittany

Begins on May 10

Patron Saint of: Brittany, lawyers, abandoned children


St. Bernardine of Siena

Begins on May 11

Patron Saint of: Advertisers; advertising; Aquila, Italy; chest problems, gambling addicts.


St. Cristóbal Magallanes

Begins on May 12


St. Crispin of Viterbo

Begins on May 12


St. Rita

Begins on May 13

Patron Saint of: impossible causes, sickness, wounds, and marital problems


Novena to the Holy Spirit Friday after Ascension Thursday


St. John Baptist De Rossi

Begins on May 14

Patron Saint of: Voltaggio, sick, poor, homeless


Mary Help of Christians

Begins on May 15

Patron Saint of: Christians


St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

Begins on May 16

Patron Saint of: the Sick


St. Gregory VII, Pope

Begins on May 16

Patron Saint of: Diocese of Sovana


St. Philip Neri

Begins on May 17

Patron Saint of Rome, joy, US forces


Novena To Saint Augustine of Canterbury

Begins on May 18

Patron Saint of England, Sick


St. Bede the Venerable

Begins on May 18

Patron Saint of: Catholic Schools, England, English writers and historians


Holy Spirit Novena

Begins 10 days before Pentecost


Novena To Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat

Begins on May 20

Patron Saint of: school girls


St. Joan of Arc

Begins on May 21

Patron Saint of: France, rape victims, women in military


St. Paschasius Radbertus

Begins on May 22


St. Boniface

Begins on May 27

Patron Saint of: Germany


St. Columba

Begins on May 31

Patron Saint of: Derry, Poets,Ireland, Scotland, Floods


St. Ephrem the Syrian

Begins on May 31

Patron Saint of: Spiritual Directors, Spiritual Leaders

June Novenas:


St. Barnabas

Begins on June 2

Patron Saint of: Cyprus, Antioch, against hailstorms, invoked as peacemaker


Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena

Begins in  June - a traditional Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.


St. Anthony of Padua

Begins on June 4

Patron Saint of: the poor, miracles, sick, lost things, lost souls, oppressed people, Custody of the Holy Land, finding one’s spouse, pregnancy…


St. Alice of Schaerbeek

Begins on June 6

Patron Saint of: The Blind, the Paralyzed


St. John Francis Regis

Begins on June 7

Patron Saint of: lacemakers, Poor, Sick, 


St. Elizabeth of Schonau

Begins on June 9

Patron Saint against temptations


St. Juliana Falconieri

Begins on June 10

Patron Saint of: bodily ills, sick people, sickness


17 Irish Martyrs Novena

Begins: June 11


St. Thomas More

Begins: June 13

Patron Saint of: difficult marriages, lawyer, statesmen and politicians, adopted children.


St. John Fisher

Begins on June 13


St.  Joseph Cafasso

Begins on June 14

Patron Saint of: prison chaplains, captives, imprisoned people and prisoners


Corpus Christi Novena

Begins on June 14


St. John the Baptist

Begins on June 15

Patron Saint of: Baptism, conversion, monks, Jordan, Puerto Rico, and many other places.


St. Prosper of Aquitaine

Begins on June 16

Patron Saint of: Italy


St. Josemaria 

Begins on June 17

Patron Saint of: the Ordinary


Mother of Perpetual Help Novena

Begins on June 18

Mother of Perpetual Help, Pray for us!


St. Cyril of Alexandria

Begins on June 18

Patron Saint of: young women, youth rape victims, poverty, purity


St. Vincenza Gerosa

Begins on June 19

Patron of sisters of charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (SCCG)


Novena to St. Peter 

Begins: June 20

Patron Saint of: fishermen, net makers, and ship builders


St. Junipero Serra

Begins: June 22

Patron Saint of: Vocations


St. Oliver Plunkett

Begins: June 22

Patron Saint of: Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland


St. Thomas the Apostle

Begins on June 24

Patron Saint of: architects, and against doubt


Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

Begins on June 25

Patron Saint of: students, young Catholics, mountaineers, youth groups


St. Elizabeth of Portugal

Begins on June 25

Patron Saint of:  the Third Order of St. Francis


Our Lady of Consolation

Begins on June 26


St. Maria Goretti

Begins: June 28

Patron Saint of: young women, youth rape victims, poverty, purity


St. Veronica Giuliani

Begins on June 30

Patron Saint of: Photography, Poor, Sick

July Novenas:


Precious Blood of Jesus Novena

Begins: Any time during the whole month of July.


St. Benedict

Begins on July 2

Patron Saint of: Students and Europe, Kidney Disease, Poisoning


St. Silas

Begins on July 4

Patron Saint of: Macedonia


St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Begins on July 5 

Patron Saint of environment and ecology


St. Bonaventure

Begins on July 6

Patron Saint of: Bowel Disorder, Doctor of the Church


Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Begins on July 7

Patron Saint of: Chile, Haifa, protection from harm, protection from dangerous situations, deliverance from Purgatory


St. Camillus De Lellis

Begins on July 9

Patron Saint of: the Sick, Nurses, Hospitals


St. Mary Magdalene

Begins on July 13

Patron Saint of: women, converts, glove makers


St. Bridget of Sweden

Begins on July 14

Patron Saint of: Europe


St. Charbel

Begins on July 15

Patron Saint of: Lebanon. sickness


St. Christopher

Begins on July 16

Patron Saint of: travelers, holy death, epilepsy, storms and toothache


St. James The Greater

Begins on July 16

Patron Saint of: Spain and Pilgrims


St. Anne

Begins on July 17

Patron Saint of: unmarried women, mothers, housewives


St. Titus Brandsma

Begins on July 18

Patron Saint of: Catholic Journalists, Friesland


St. Martha

Begins on July 20

Patron Saint of: servents, housewives, single laywomen


Blessed Solanus Casey

Begins on July 21

Patron Saint of: Apparent failure and Setbacks.


St. Ignatius of Loyola

Begins on July 22

Patron Saint of: Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, Society of Jesus, soldiers, Educators and Education.


St. Alphonsus Liguori

Begins on July 24

Patron Saint of: confessors, vocations, pagani


St. John Vianney

Begins on July 26

Patron Saint of: parish priests


Novena For Priests

Begins on July 26


St. Cajetan

Begins on July 28

Patron Saint of: of the poor, job seekers


St. Dominic

Begins on July 30

Patron Saint of: Astronomers, astronomy; Dominican Republic, falsely accused people.


St. Mary Mackillop

Begins on July 30

Patron Saint of: Australia

August Novenas:


St. Lawrence

Begins on August 1

Patron Saint of: Rome, chefs, poor


St. Clare of Assisi

Begins on August 2

Patron Saint of: eye disease, television, laundry


St. Philomena

Begins on August 2

Patron Saint of: Babies, youth Infants, priests, lost causes, sterility, virgins


St. Maximilian Kolbe

Begins on August 5

Patron Saint of: drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro – life movement


Assumption Novena

Begins on August 6


St. Roch

Begins: August 7

Patron Saint of: Italy, Plaque, Cholera, Knee Problems, Dogs, Falsely Accused


St. Helena

Begins on August 9

Patron Saint of: difficult marriages, divorced people, of new discoveries


St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Begins on August 11

Patron Saint of: Cistercians, Beekeepers, Candlemakers


Our Lady of Knock

Begins on August 12


Immaculate Heart of Mary Novena

Begins on August 13

Patron Saint of: Apostleship of Prayer, Alliance of Sacred Hearts


Novena to St. Louis IX, King of France

Begins on August 16

Patron Saint of: Third Order of St. Francis, France, French monarchy; hairdressers


Our Lady of Czestochowa

Begins on August 17

Patron Saint of: Poland


St. Mary of Jesus Crucified

Begins on August 17

Patron Saint of: peace


St. Monica

Begins on August 18

Patron Saint of: Married women; Difficult marriages; disappointing children; victims of adultery or unfaithfulness…


St. Augustine

Begins on August 19

Patron Saint of: brewers, printers, theologians


St. Rose of Lima

Begins on August 21

Patron Saint of: Against Vanity; Latin America,Peru; Philippines People Ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety.


St. Gregory the Great

Begins on August 25

Patron Saint of: musicians, singers, students, and teachers


St. Rosalia

Begins on August 26

Patron Saint of: Palermo in Italy


St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Begins on August 27

Patron Saint of: poor, sick, youth day


Nativity of Mary

Begins on August 30


Our Lady of Good Health Novena

Begins on August 30


St. Joachim

Begins on August 31Feast Day: September 9

Patron Saint of: Fathers, Grandparents


Our Lady of The Sacred Heart Novena

Begins on August 31


St. Peter Claver

Begins on August 31

Patron Saint of: Slaves, Race Relations, Colombia, Ministry to African-Americans

September Novenas:


St. Nicholas of Tolentino

Begins on September 1

Patron Saint of: animals; babies; boatmen; dying people; mariners; holy souls; sailors; sick animals; souls inpurgatory.


Holy Cross Novena

Begins on September 5


Our Lady of Sorrows Novena

Begins on September 6

Patron Saint of: people named dolores, dolorita,lola and pia


St. Hildegard of Bingen

Begins on September 8

Patron Saint of: Musicians and Writers


St. Joseph Cupertino

Begins on September 9

Patron Saint of: aviators, flying, studying, and those suffering mental handicaps


Our Lady of La Salette

Begins: September 10


St. Matthew

Begins on September 12

Patron Saint of: money, bankers, tax collectors


Padre Pio

Begins on September 14

Patron Saint of: civil defense volunteers, Stress relief


Our Lady of Walsingham

Begins on September 14


Our Lady of Ransom

Begins on September 15

Patron Saint of: Spain, Barcelona, Mercedes


St. Vincent de Paul

Begins on September 18

Patron Saint of: charitable associations, poor


Mary Undoer of Knots

Begins on September 19

Patron Saint of: knots, difficult problems


St. Michael the Archangel Novena

Begins on September 20

Patron Saint of: soldiers, doctors, police and sickness


St. Raphael the Archangel Novena

Begins on September 20

Patron Saint of: travelers, Christian marriage, happy meetings, and Catholic studies


St. Gabriel the Archangel Novena

Begins on September 20

Patron Saint of: messengers, telecommunication workers, postal workers


St. Therese of Lisieux

Begins on September 22

Patron Saint of: priests, pilot, florists


Guardian Angel Novena

Begins on September 23


St. Theodora Guerin

Begins on September 24

Patron Saint of: Orphans, Poor


St. Francis of Assisi

Begins on September 25

Patron Saint of: animals


St. Faustina

Begins on September 26

Patron Saint of: Mercy


St. Bruno

Begins on September 27

Patron Saint of: monastic fraternities and of the Carthusian order, trademarks


Our Lady of The Rosary

Begins on September 28


Our Lady of Victory

Begins on September 29


Our Lady of Good Remedy

Begins on September 29Feast Day: October 8

Patron Saint of: Rescue Christians from the moors, financial help, any good cause


Our Lady of Pompeii

Begins on September 29


St. Denis

Begins on September 30

Patron Saint of: Paris, and headaches


St. John Henry Newman

Begins on September 30

Patron Saint of: Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, poets, college students, Birmingham Oratory

October Novenas:


Novena To Carlo Acutis

Begins on October 3

Patron Saint of: Computer Programmers, Eucharist and Youth


St. Edward

Begins on October 4

Patron Saint of: England


St. Teresa of Avila

Begins on October 6

Patron Saint of: Spain, people in religious orders, headache sufferers


St. Gerard

Begins on October 7

Patron Saint of: pregnant women, expectant mothers


St. Hedwig

Begins on October 7

Patron Saint of: Orphans


St. Luke

Begins on October 9

Patron Saint of: doctors


St. Isaac Jogues

Begins on October 10

Patron Saint of: North America


St. Ursula

Begins on October 12

Patron Saint of: British Virgin Islands, Köln, Germany, University of Paris, Educators, Girls, Drapers, Orphans, Archers


St. John Paul II

Begins on October 13

Patron Saint of: young Catholic, families, labor, world youth day, unborn children


St. Anthony Mary Claret

Begins on October 15

Patron Saint of: Weavers, Catholic Press,Textile merchants


St. Jude

Begins on October 19

Patron Saint of: hopeless cases, desperate situations


All Saints Novena

Begins on October 23


Holy Souls in PurgatoryNovena

Begins on October 24

Patron Saint of: all Holy Souls in Purgatory


St. Charles Borromeo

Begins on October 26

Patron Saint of: Against Ulcers, Apple Orchards, Bishops, Catechists


St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

Begins on October 30

Patron Saint of: Sick People, Loss of Parents, Against Illness

November Novenas:


St. Andrew Avellino

Begins on November 1

Patron Saint of: Against Sudden Death


Pope St. Leo the Great

Begins on November 1


St. Martin of Tours

Begins on November 2

Patron Saint of: France


St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Begins on November 4

Patron Saint of: Immigrants, Hospital Administrators


St. Albert The Great

Begins on November 6

Patron Saint of: Scientists, Philosophers, Medical Technicians


St. Gertrude of Hefta

Begins on November 7

Patron Saint of: the West Indies


St. Margaret of Scotland

Begins on November 7

Patron Saint of: Scotland, and the Poor


St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Begins on November 8

Patron Saint of: brides, charities, bakers


St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

Begins on November 9

Patron Saint of: Perseverance amid Adversity


St. Marie Alphonsine

Begins: November 10

Patron Saint of: Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem


Christ The King Novena

Begins in November 


St. Cecilia

Begins on November 13

Patron Saint of: musicians, purity


St. Clement of Rome

Begins on November 14

Patron Saint of: marble workers, mariners, tanners


Novena to Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro

Begins on November 14

Patron Saint of: those who labor, those in illness, depression.


St. Catherine of Alexandria

Begins on November 16

Patron Saint of: unmarried girls, students


Miraculous Medal Novena

Begins on November 19


St. Edmund Campion

Begins on November 22

Patron Saint of the British Jesuit Province


St. Francis Xavier

Begins on November 24

Patron Saint of: navigators, plaque epidemics, foreign missions, African missions, Australia, China, Apostle of the Indies, Japan, South Africa, Spain.

Info: Confessor. Co-founder of the Society of Jesus.


St. John of Damascus

Begins on November 25

Patron Saint of: arts, defense of Holy Icons / images


Novena of Grace

Begins on November 25or March 4


St. Barbara

Begins on November 25

Patron Saint of: Armourers, architects, Artillerymen


St. Nicholas of Myra

Begins on November 28

Patron Saint of: Children, Poor, Sick, Fishermen, Sailors


St. Ambrose

Begins on November 28

Patron Saint of: beekeepers, learners, Milan


Immaculate Conception Novena

Begins on November 29


St. Andrew

Begins on November 30

Patron Saint of: fishermen, singers

December Novenas:


Our Lady of Guadalupe

Begins on December 3

Patron Saint of: Mexico


St. Odilia of Alsace

Begins on December 4

Patron Saint of: the blind or partially sighted, Alsace, France


St. Lucy

Begins on December 4

Patron Saint of: eye illness


St. John of the Cross

Begins on December 5

Patron Saint of: Contemplatives, mystics and Spanish poets


St. Ignatius of Antioch

Begins on December 11

Patron Saint of: Church in eastern Mediterranean, Church in north Africa


St. Vincenzo Romano

Begins on December 11

Patron Saint of: Torre del Graco, Orphans, Sailors, Against throat tumors


Christmas Novena

Begins on December 16

Meditating on the life of Jesus


St. Stephen

Begins on December 17

Patron Saint of: Deacons, altar servers, casket makers


St. John the Apostle

Begins on December 18

Patron Saint of: Love, loyalty, friendships, authors, booksellers, burn-victims, poison-victims, art-dealers, editors, publishers, scribes, examinations, scholars, theologians


St. Thomas Becket

Begins on December 20

Patron Saint of: Exeter college, Oxford, Portsmouth, Arbroath Abbey, Secular clergy, City of London, Canterbury Cathedral


Pope St. Sylvester I

Begins on December 22

Patron Saint of: Sick, Benedictines, Sylvestrine, Feroleto Antico, Nonantola


Holy Family Novena

Begins on December 24


St. Genevieve

Begins on December 25

Patron Saint of: Paris, French Security Forces


Holy Name of Jesus

Begins: December 25



St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Begins on December 26

Patron Saint of: Lost Parents, ChildrenAnd opposition of Church authorities


St. John Neumann

Begins on December 27

Patron Saint of: Catholic education


St. Andre Bessette

Begins on December 28

Patron Saint of: the sick


St. Raymond of Penafort

Begins on December 29

Patron Saint of: Canonists