St. Jude Novena the patron saint of Desperate Situations and Hopeless Cases About St. Jude Novena The Catholic Novena Prayer has composed this St. Jude Novena to be prayed yearly on October 19-27, the nine days that precede the Solemnity of St. Jude on October 28. The novena may also be adapted for use at other times of the year, especially feasts celebrating St. Jude and occasions when his...