In preparation for the Feast Day of the Sto. Nino, a daily novena will begin January 14th and will end January 22nd. The novenas are at 6:45 p.m. (except January 20th at 6:00 p.m.) at Saint Lambert Church 8148 Karlov Avenue Skokie, Illinois. (847) 673-5090. A novena is a nine-day period of private or public prayer to obtain special graces, to implore special favors, or to make special petitions. (Novena is derived from the Latin "novem", meaning nine.) As the definition suggests, the novena has always had more of a sense of urgency and neediness.