9 days of prayer for our families
With this novena, let Saint Anne and Saint Joachim guide you to Jesus, through all stages of family life: youth, singleness, celibacy, marriage, infertility, widowhood...
Why pray this novena?
Objective of this novena:
- To ask for the intercession of St. Anne and St. Joachim to guide us at every stage of family life.
- To ask for blessings for our families and to pray especially for those most affected by the current social and political context, which weakens families.
How wonderful to be able to pray with those who taught the Virgin Mary to pray!
Who are St. Anne and St. Joachim?
According to tradition, when they were very old, Joachim and Anne miraculously became the parents of the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Saviour and thus the mother of mankind.
St. Anne and St. Joachim formed Mary's heart to virtue and innocence!
If we believe that Mary is our mother in Heaven, then let us be certain that St. Anne and St. Joachim are our heavenly "grandparents"! They welcome us into their grandparental hearts.
The programme
Concretely, every day you will receive:
✔️Some information to get to know these saints better,
✔️A reflection on this beautiful couple,
✔️The prayer for each day,
✔️A concrete action, following the example of saint Anne and Joachim.
Novena for Families Intentions
Day 1 - Grandfathers and grandmothers; old men and old women; widows and widowers
Day 2 - Single men and women
Day 3 - Fiancés, spouses
Day 4- Couples with marital problems
Day 5- Infertile or sterile couples
Day 6 - Pregnant women and expected children
Day 7- Fathers and mothers of families
Day 8 - Children and young people, the future of the Church, of society, of the world!
Day 9- Consecrated persons, vocations
What does the church tell us about praying for families?
Pope Francis asks us to pray for families and focuses his universal prayer intention on "our families".
The family must be protected. There are many dangers it faces: the pace of life, stress.... Sometimes parents forget to play with their children. The Church has to encourage and be at the side of families, helping them to discover ways to overcome all these difficulties. Let us pray that families in today's world may be accompanied with love, respect and advice. And in a special way, may they be protected by States.
Pope Francis
Depose your intentions here
They will be deposed at the feet of the Statue of Saint Anne in Carrascosa del Campo where a veneration has existed since at least the 14th century and is now continued by the brotherhood of Saint Anne.