There are several beautiful Marian devotions in the month of September; perhaps the most popular being Our Lady of Sorrows, a devotion which the Church has dedicated the entire month to.
As well as Marian devotions, the September calendar is full of other Saints to invoke – St. Padre Pio and the Archangels to name a few.
A powerful way to call on the intercession of Mary and the Saints is through a novena – a Catholic prayer typically recited for nine consecutive days. When praying a novena in lead up to a feast day, it commonly finishes on the eve of the feast.
Here is a list of Marian and Saint feast days coming up this month.
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Start date: 27 August
Feast date: 5 September
Intentions: the sick and dying
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Start date: 30 August
Feast date: 8 September
Intentions: personal intentions
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Start date: 5 September
Feast date: 14 September
Intentions: to better unite our life’s crosses with Jesus’ cross
Our Lady of Sorrows
Start date: 6 September
Feast date: 15 September
Intentions: for those who are suffering; to learn to suffer with love
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Start date: 9 September
Feast date: 18 September
Intentions: those with mental issues; test-taking; students
Our Lady of Salette
Start date: 10 September
Feast date: 19 September
Intentions: to be reconciled to God
St. Matthew the Evangelist
Start date: 12 September
Feast date: 21 September
Intentions: financial difficulties; relief from debt
St. Padre Pio
Start date: 14 September
Feast date: 23 September
Intentions: adolescents; to become a person of prayer; healing
Our Lady Undoer of Knots
Start date: 19 September
Feast date: 28 September
Intentions: for a particular ‘knot’ in your life
St. Michael the Archangel
Start date: 20 September
Feast date: 29 September
Intentions: protection; those who work in dangerous conditions
St. Gabriel
Start date: 20 September
Feast date: 29 September
Intentions: communication workers
St. Raphael
Start date: 20 September
Feast date: 29 September
Intentions: healing; finding a spouse; those in the medical field
St. Jerome
Start date: 21 September
Feast date: 30 September
Intentions: for people with difficult personalities; bad temper
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Start date: 22 September
Feast date: 1 October
Intentions: loss of parents; missions; the sick
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Start date: 23 September
Feast date: 2 October
Intentions: guidance; protection
St. Francis of Assisi
Start date: 25 September
Feast date: 4 October
Intentions: animals; the environment
St. Faustina Kowalska
Start date: 26 September
Feast date: 5 October
Intentions: to grow in mercy
Our Lady of the Rosary
Start date: 28 September
Feast date: 7 October
Intentions: personal intentions
For other novenas to pray by month:
