A novena is a traditional form of Catholic prayer lasting nine days. Typically, novenas focus on asking God for a specific intention, and many are prayed through a saint’s intercession. Novenas are a ...

Scranton native Romayne Lynott has been attending the Solemn Novena to St. Ann for longer than she can remember. Her father, she recalled in her Myrtle Street home Tuesday night, was a friend of the ...

“Acres of old maids” (as one priest puts it) have loved the novena—the Roman Catholic prayer service, usually offered once a week in the evening in honor of a saint or the Virgin Mary. Now the novena ...