Traditional Catholic Novena

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Novena

Prayed for perseverance in adversity, missionary courage, education, and strength to keep going when the work is hard.

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne is traditionally invoked as patron of perseverance amid adversity, missionary courage, education, Springfield-Cape Girardeau.

9 daysFeast: November 180 of 9 days marked complete
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne portrait

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne 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

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.

Dear St Rose Philippine Duchesne, you faced the horrors of the French Revolution and never gave up following God’s call to religious life.

You courageously pioneered education to those who needed it most in the New World.

Pause here for your need.

Pause here for the grace you are asking.

Amen.

St. Philippine Duchesne’s Prayer

Lord, You alone are the Center in which I find rest.

Give me Your arm to support me,

Your shoulders to carry me,

Your breast to lean upon,

Your Cross to uphold me,

Your Body to nourish me.

In You, Lord, I sleep and rest in peace.

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 Rose Philippine Duchesne, pray for us!

Amen.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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