The first novena ever prayed is the Pentecost Novena, or the Novena to the Holy Spirit. This year, it begins on Friday, May 19, and concludes on Saturday, May 27. Catholics worldwide often recite ...

The prayer, verse, and meditation for the first day of the Novena to the Holy Ghost remind us that we need the grace of the Holy Spirit in our souls to live our lives as Christians. Today ...

From Holy Spirit Catholic Church in the Arlington ... a day that kicks off the original novena: nine days of prayer until Pentecost. So why not give this year’s novena a Marian dimension?