Join the SJF Youth Group for a festive night of gingerbread houses and cheesy christmas movies, from 4:45-8:30 on Saturday, December 1st.

St. John Fisher Church is hosting a Holiday Shopping with a Conscience Event on Saturday, December 1st, 2018, from  in the church hall. Locally created gifts as well as ethically sourced and produced items from around the world will be available to purchase. There will be something here for everyone on your Christmas list! Free gift wrapping will be provided.

The money raised and donated from the table fees, raffle, and baked goods will support the church’s plan to provide a hands-on packaging meals event in 2019 to help fight global hunger.

We will be changing our missals for the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2018.  The 2018/2019 missal contains the liturgy for the entire year as well as the hymns and songs.

Families can sponsor a missal for the upcoming Liturgical year with a donation of $10.00.  This is a wonderful opportunity to honor loved ones, living or deceased, or simply dedicate a missal to your individual family.

Please place your completed coupon in an envelope, witjh your donation, in the collection basket before December 18th.  Coupons can be found in this week's Bulletin.

Congratulations and Blessings to our newly Confirmed!

November 17, 2018

Rachel (Gianna) Antonelli, Jayna (Anne) Baran, Cara (Cecilia) Baroncini, Lea (Jeanne) Bergman, Matylda (Mary) Biskupski, Devon (Patrick) Brysgel, Matthew (Anthony) Calderoni, Jackson (Sebastian) Chudzik, Stanley (Sebastian) Cipkas, Daniel (Mark) Cormier, Morgan (Maria) Czarnecki, Anthony (Sebastian) D’Eliseo, Emily (Veronica) Deskus, Jacob (Sebastian) Dietz, Sara (Germaine) Egazarian, Calvin (Balthasar) Eppinger, Joshua (Anthony) Falanga, Elise (Cecilia) Filosa, Gregory (Albert) Gomez, Hailey (Elizabeth) Groene, Regan (Melangell) Hughes, Gracie (Elizabeth) Johnson, Kyle (Paul) Johnson, Emily (Elizabeth) Leahy, Samantha (Margaret) Leaming, Grace (Clare) Leonard, Andrew (John) Lombardi, Carissa (Barbara) Lord, Rachel (Catherine) Lord, Ethan (Sebastian) Meyer, Daniel (Francis) Orzech, Colin (Sebastian) Pace, Mekayla (Alice) Pace, Jacob (Francis) Packer, Lauren (Rose) Pantelone, Jake (Christopher) Phelan, Mateusz (Francis) Slyk, Matthew (Martin) Sousa, Shannon (Bernadette) Visco.

The Confirmation class is once again making Christmas bags for the men at Immacare Shelter and is in need of decks of new playing cards. Anyone interested in donating playing cards may leave them in the baskets at the church entrances. We are also continuing to collect gently used beanie babies, small stuffed animals and fiction books (children & adult) for various Confirmation service projects. 

Come join us on Tuesday, December 4rd from 7:00-8:00pm as we journey through Advent together. Patrick Laorden from the Office of Social Catholic Justice Ministry will join us as we take a prayer walk together reminiscent of the journey Mary and Joseph embarked on years ago filled with joy and anticipation.

We will be collecting boxes for Operation Christmas Child through Sunday, November 18. If you are wrapping your box, please be sure not to wrap the box shut; instead, please wrap the cover and bottom separately. Shoe boxes are sent to countries all over the world, including the United States, to provide Christmas joy to children in need.

A Special Thank You to all parishioners who donated leftover Halloween Candy so that it can be enjoyed by our brothers and sisters at House of Bread and Immacare Shelter.

December Teen Night will be filled with holiday goodies, games and a Christmas movie. Join us on Saturday, December 1 following the 4:00pm Mass until 8:00pm.

Saturday, December 1, 9am - noon in the St. Thomas More Hall. Enjoy the holidays knowing your dollars make a difference. Anyone interested in volunteering or securing a table at our upcoming Shopping with a Conscience Event, is asked to reach out to Siobhan Peng at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We expect this to be a very successful annual event and look forward to having a great number of parishioners being a part of it!! Be on the lookout; a list of our vendors for the event will be announced soon! 

Dear God,

You have called your people to many walks of life.

Some like St. Francis were called to a life of peace and others to the life of a soldier and warrior.

David, the Maccabees, Saints Joan, George and Martin all were called by you to take up arms in the service and protection of their citizens.

On this day, bless those who have given their time, talents, and in some cases their lives, to protect our freedoms.

Guide them in their tours of duty. Comfort the wounded and their families.

Remind us to appreciate their sacrifices.

Amen.