DO YOU PLAN TO FAST THIS LENTEN SEASON? When pondering what to give up this year, consider Pope Francis’ suggestions to observe this Lent:

Fast from hurting words and say kind words.

Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude.

Fast from anger and be filled with patience.

Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope.

Fast from worries and have trust in God.

Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity.

Fast from pressures and be prayerful.

Fast from bitterness and fill your hearts with joy.

Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others

Fast from grudges and be reconciled.

Fast from words and be silent so you can listen.

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

A Story Time, Prayer and Play Group for children from birth to 6 and their caregivers. Please join us for stories, crafts, music, prayer, light refreshments and fun. Group will meet from 10-11 a.m. in the hall at St John Fisher (however the actual story telling will take place in the church so the children will become increasingly familiar with the church and comfortable with sitting in the pews!)

Monday, February 24

Monday, March 9

Saturday, March 28

For details, please join the Pray and Play Facebook Site. Link is on the stjfchurch.org website. Or email Theresa Brysgel at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

East Catholic High School Information Session

Any families interested in pursuing admission are welcome to attend an information session on Thursday, February 27 from 5-7pm. Please plan on dropping in to meet administrators, take mini-tours with student ambassadors, and have questions answered about the application process. Additionally, East will hold an entrance exam on Saturday, March 28 from 8:30- 12:00 pm. Parents are welcome to stay for an information session while their students take the exam.

Save the Date

10th Annual Soup for A Cause

Saturday, March 14th

5:00pm-6:30pm

Our young people of the parish were spreading lots of love this Valentine’s Day by making candy bouquets for the children at South Park Inn and the cookies for Hospice families and nurses.

Join our faith community, and more than 14,000 Catholic communities across the United States in a life changing Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl.  Pick up your family's CRS Rice Bowl at the entrances to the church.

OUR LENTEN JOURNEY

Walk with Our Lord for forty days and

nights on a Lenten pilgrimage during this

season of spiritual renewal.

Let our Lending Library assist you with its

selections of Scripture, Inspirational,

Jesus and Catholic Faith.

April 3-5, 2020

Holy Family Retreat Team

We spend our time and energy on the necessities of everyday life, which hold so many things that are beyond our control. But what is it that we are longing for in the deepest way? What is our passion in life? This year at Holy Family, we will explore that deep longing planted in our hearts by God - a longing for peace, for wholeness, and for relationships that give us joy and lift us up. Come away and rest awhile to find and pursue your deepest longing, and by doing so, may you experience how God is longing so deeply for you, too.

East Catholic High School ~ Information Session

Any families interested in pursuing admission are welcome to attend an information session on Thursday, February 27 from 5-7pm. Please plan on dropping in to meet administrators, take mini-tours with student ambassadors, and have questions answered about the application process. Additionally, East will hold an entrance exam on Saturday, March 28 from 8:30-12:00pm. Parents are welcome to stay for an information session while their students take the exam.

The Knights of Columbus is a world-wide Catholic fraternal organization founded on the principles of CHARITY-UNITY-FRATERNITY and PATRIOTISM. In 2020, St. John Fisher Knights of Columbus Council 15734 of Marlborough, CT will honor two worthy graduating seniors with a scholarship in recognition of his/her exemplary commitment of service to our community and his/her exemplary practical and actual practice of their Catholic faith in his/her daily life.

The Catholic Graduates Club of Greater Hartford. Inc., will award three scholarships of $2,000 each for one year—2020/2021 
To be eligible: The candidate must be any Catholic student who is a Hartford County resident now attending an accredited secondary school, and who wishes to attend a four year college beginning in 2020. Students are chosen based on: financial need, scholarship, character, leadership and achievement. Application deadline is March 16, 2020. For more info:See your principal or counselor or go to http://www.catholicgraduatesct.org/