{"id":7553,"date":"2026-07-23T08:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:24:33","slug":"holycross-solemn-novena-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/holycross-solemn-novena-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Holycross Solemn Novena 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holycross-Solemn-Novena-2026.png\" rel=\"lightbox[7553]\" title=\"Holycross Solemn Novena 2026\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holycross-Solemn-Novena-2026-723x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7550\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holycross-Solemn-Novena-2026-723x1024.png 723w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holycross-Solemn-Novena-2026-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holycross-Solemn-Novena-2026-768x1087.png 768w, http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holycross-Solemn-Novena-2026.png 1054w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for the&nbsp;<strong>Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help<\/strong>&nbsp;at Holycross Abbey from&nbsp;<strong>Tuesday 8th to Wednesday 16th September 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude4f\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f64f\/32.png\">&nbsp;<strong>Novena Sessions<\/strong><br><strong>Monday\u2013Saturday:<\/strong>&nbsp;7.00am, 10.30am, 4.30pm &amp; 7.30pm<br><strong>Sunday:<\/strong>&nbsp;7.00am, 10.30am, 12.30pm &amp; 7.30pm&nbsp;<em>(No 4.30pm session.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Ceremonies<\/strong><br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f54a_fe0f\/32.png\">&nbsp;Penitential Service \u2013 Friday, 11th September at 7.30pm<br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc9c\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f49c\/32.png\">&nbsp;Anointing of the Sick \u2013 Saturday, 12th September at 2.00pm<br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc76\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f476\/32.png\">&nbsp;Blessing of Infants \u2013 Sunday, 13th September at 2.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confessions<\/strong>&nbsp;will be available before, during and after each Novena session every day&nbsp;<strong>except Sunday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone is warmly welcome to join us in prayer. For info, contact&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcde\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4de\/32.png\">&nbsp;0504 43124<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udce7\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4e7\/32.png\">&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hbparishoffice@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hbparishoffice@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for the&nbsp;Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help&nbsp;at Holycross Abbey from&nbsp;Tuesday 8th to Wednesday 16th September 2026. &nbsp;Novena SessionsMonday\u2013Saturday:&nbsp;7.00am, 10.30am, 4.30pm &amp; 7.30pmSunday:&nbsp;7.00am, 10.30am, 12.30pm &amp; 7.30pm&nbsp;(No 4.30pm session.) Special Ceremonies&nbsp;Penitential Service \u2013 Friday, 11th September at&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7554,"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions\/7554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.holycrossballycahill.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}