Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Angela Merici Novena
Faithful service, education in the faith, courage, and charity toward the poor and needy.
St. Angela Merici is traditionally invoked as patron of teachers, education, girls, charity.
Saint Angela Merici terracotta portrait
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
Begin the novena now, move one day at a time, and come back here whenever you are ready for the next day.
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Day 1 of 9
The same principal prayer is used each day. Choose the day you are on, pray the main prayer below, and mark the day complete when you finish.
Private intention
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Day 1: Charity and Prudence
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
May the holy Virgin Saint Angela Merici always commend us to your grace, O Lord, we pray, that, following the example of her charity and prudence, we may hold fast to Thy teaching, through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
St Angela Merici, you generously and joyfully answered God's call in your life to form girls in the holy Catholic Faith and equip them with skills they would need in their lives.
You graciously served the needy and those in poverty, and showed heroic love to all people put under your care.
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
Amen.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Glory Be
St Angela Merici, pray for us!
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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