General Historical Saint Novena — St. André Bessette
Nine-day private devotion using a verified PUBLIC-DOMAIN general preparatory prayer printed by Rev. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M., in Mary, Help of Christians and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers (1909). IMPORTANT EDITORIAL NOTICE: The 1909 prayer was printed for the Holy Helpers. Its use here for St. André Bessette is a modern editorial application of a historical GENERAL saint prayer, NOT a claim that this is a separately attested traditional novena written specifically for this saint. The same authentic general prayer is repeated on all nine days with the invocation of St. André Bessette. This novena is a private nine-day preparation preceding the feast, not an official liturgical requirement.
Patron of / intentions · Intercession of St. André Bessette
- Novena begins
- December 28, 2026
- Scheduled feast day
- January 6, 2027
- Prayer duration
- 9 days
- Final prayer day
- Jan 5
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SOURCES
- Historical PUBLIC-DOMAIN GENERAL preparatory prayer, Rev. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M., Mary, Help of Christians and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers (Benziger Brothers, 1909), Part IV, “Novena to Each of the Holy Helpers,” Preparatory Prayer. Full source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33596/33596-h/33596-h.htm . The book contains no specifically attested novena for St. André Bessette in this instance. Its application to this saint and nine-day feast schedule are editorial, not a proper historic text. Generic cover: Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs, National Gallery London, ca.1423–24, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Saints.jpg .