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A: A novena is nine days' private or public devotion in the Catholic Church to obtain special graces. So, no...Novena does not only start on the first Sunday after Easter. Novenas, then, often, but not necessarily, have about them a sense of "urgency"; they are typically made for special intentions, one's own or another's ("I'll make a novena for you"). There are four main types of novenas (a novena may fit into more than one category): novenas of mourning, such as the novena made during the novemdiales -- the nine day period following the death of a Pope novenas of preparation, or "anticipation," such as the Christmas or Easter Novenas novenas of prayer the indulgenced novenas I am posting a link to tell you more and has traditional novenas listed for you.