Father’s Day Novena

June 19-27, 2022

Invitation + Instructions

We invite you to take the opportunity to include your father, grandfather, son, or other special men in your life in our Father’s Day Novena this year!

  • Envelopes for your offering with places to write the names of those for whom you wish to offer the Novena are in the church vestibules. Fill out an envelope, enclose your donation and put it in the collection basket or return it to the Parish Office.

  • If you would like to make a donation online, click here, choose the button for St. Mary Magdalen and find the Father’s Day Novena under donations.

To have the names of your loved ones included, send an e-mail to Lorena Olsen with their names.
The Novena begins on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th at the 8AM Mass, and ends with the 7:30AM Daily Mass on Monday, June 27th.

What is a Novena?

The word novena signifies “nine” and refers to a public or private devotion that extends for nine consecutive days. The Church approves of such devotional practices, provided that there is no superstition connected with the number nine and that such devotions are used as a help to prayer. The New Catholic Encyclopedia goes on to say that the kind of devotional novenas we know—did not appear until the Middle Ages. They began in France and Spain as days of preparation for Christmas. Nine days of prayer were observed in honor of the nine months Jesus spent in the womb of Mary. The Novena being offered at St. Mary Magdalen, is a way of honoring fathers. It will be observed at the 8AM Masses on the two Sundays, June 19 and June 26, and the early-morning weekday Masses June 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27. The intentions for the Novena Masses will be for all those whose names appear on the offering envelopes returned.