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Never miss a novena start date. Add reminders directly to your calendar — each one is timed to finish the day before the feast day.
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✦ Open the Novena TrackerMarian Novena Calendar: Feast Days and Start Dates
Every novena on this page runs for nine days and finishes the day before its feast. Find the next feast of Our Lady and start praying nine days ahead.
| FEAST | NOVENA | PRAY |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Mary, Mother of God | Dec 23 – Dec 31 |
| Feb 11 | Our Lady of Lourdes | Feb 2 – Feb 10 |
| May 13 | Our Lady of Fatima | May 4 – May 12 |
| Jun 13* | Immaculate Heart of Mary | Jun 4* – Jun 12* |
| Jun 27 | Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Jun 18 – Jun 26 |
| Jul 16 | Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Jul 7 – Jul 15 |
| Aug 15 | Assumption of Mary | Aug 6 – Aug 14 |
| Sep 12 | Holy Name of Mary | Sep 3 – Sep 11 |
| Sep 15 | Our Lady of Sorrows | Sep 6 – Sep 14 |
| Oct 7 | Our Lady of the Rosary | Sep 28 – Oct 6 |
| Nov 21 | Presentation of Mary | Nov 12 – Nov 20 |
| Nov 27 | Miraculous Medal | Nov 18 – Nov 26 |
| Dec 8 | Immaculate Conception | Nov 29 – Dec 7 |
| Dec 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe | Dec 3 – Dec 11 |
*The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a movable feast, the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. The dates shown are for 2026.
What is a Marian Novena?
A novena is nine consecutive days of prayer. The word comes from the Latin novem, meaning nine — recalling the nine days the Apostles and Mary prayed together in the Upper Room between the Ascension and Pentecost (Acts 1:14). That first novena ended with the coming of the Holy Spirit.
A Marian novena is nine days of prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary, asking for her intercession before God. Catholics believe Mary, as the Mother of Jesus, has a unique power of intercession — that her prayers on our behalf are heard in a special way by her Son.
Many Marian novenas are timed to finish on the eve of a feast day of Our Lady, so that the feast itself becomes the culmination and answer of the novena. This is why each novena on this page has a specific start date.
If you miss a day, simply continue. Our Lady values your faithful return above mechanical perfection. A novena is an act of love, not a legal contract.
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