The Saint Helena Novena: A Powerful Prayer for Guidance, Strength, and Courage The Saint Helena Novena is a nine-day prayer that is traditionally prayed in the week leading up to the feast day of Saint Helena, which is on May 21st. The novena is a way to ask for Saint Helena's intercession and to reflect on her life and example. Saint Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity...