As cold weather approaches, please consider donating to the ANNUAL COAT DRIVE sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

The following new or gently used items are being collected:
coats, jackets, gloves, mittens, & blankets
Coats will be collected until November 5th and can be placed in drop off boxes in the following locations:

• Richmond Memorial Library
  
  
• St. John Fisher Church (down in the hall)

There will also be a coat collection on the village green on November 5th from 9 am-midnight.

Choosing a final resting place is inevitable. Advanced planning of your cemetery needs is a loving gift that relieves your family of a difficult decision in the midst of their grief. At Catholic Cemeteries we have o% financing options, paid over 2 or 3 years, on all graves, crypts and niches.  

In this area, this includes the following cemeteries:

• Holy Cross Cemetery (Glastonbury)
• St. James Cemetery (Manchester)
• St. Mary's Cemetery (New Britain)
• Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery (Bloomfield)
   

There are also frequent promotions and savings. If you're interested in doing Advanced Planning for
your family's cemetery needs, please contact:
 
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Amy Chester: 203-507-7509  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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The High School Teens of St. John Fischer are participating in a “Sleep Out for Homelessness” event on Saturday, October 29^th. Anyone wishing to support their efforts for this night of awareness can do so by dropping off the following items for the clients at the ST. Vincent de Paul Warming Center in Middletown: socks, hats, heavy gloves, sleeping bags or snack items. All donations may be brought to the church and placed in bins in the vestibule. Many thanks for our support!

Many thanks to the parishioners that supported our 10th grade confirmation community during their recent retreat. We greatly appreciate all the hands that were responsible for providing a delicious taco mean and many others that offered up their prayers for our young people. We are truly blessed to have such support of teens in our parish! 

THANK YOU! Many thanks to the parishioners that supported our 10th grade Confirmation Community during their recent retreat.  We greatly appreciate all the hands that were responsible for providing a delicious taco meal and the many others that offered up their prayers for our young people.  We are truly blessed to have such support of teens in our parish!

On behalf of the students in the Catholic elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford, we send deep gratitude to all who contributed to the 2016 HOPES Collection. Your participation helps to create a culture of educational excellence and plays an important role in the evangelization of young students as active participants in their parish communities.

Michael S. Griffin, Ph.D. Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Archdiocese of Hartford

Join us in musical praise!

The Saint John Fisher Genesis Choir
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Who can Join

Anyone in grades K-5
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What we do

Lead the congregation in song one Sunday per month 10:30 Mass
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When we practice

Monday evenings from 5:00-5:45 per our calendar (we don't meet every single Monday)
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When we begin

Monday October 3, 2015 5:00-5:45
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Questions? Contact Kathleen Filosa - Director of Music Ministry

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When I was Director of the Office of Ministry Enrichment, I attended a 4 day conference at which Cardinal McCarrick, retired Cardinal Archbishop of Washington, D.C., preaching  at one of the Masses said: “God takes care of us. Our call is to take care of each other.” Today’s parable and the reading from Amos are perfect illustrations of that charge.

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, C, 16

It’s no accident that Luke includes two of Jesus’ parables on squandering resources back to back: the prodigal son and the dishonest steward. In one case the son came to his senses and returned to his father, thinking about how even the servants had enough to eat while he was starving. In the other, the steward devised a plan by which he would be welcomed by others to their homes and be able to be fed.