Summer is a beautiful time to focus on growing your faith and creating a deeper relationship with God. Consider coming to daily Mass on MondayThursday at 8:30am. This is an incredibly powerful way to start your day in prayer and community.

• Take a book out of the St. John Fisher library. This thoughtful collection of books will allow you to explore a particular facet of our faith that is of interest to you.
• Log on to pray the rosary on Friday mornings at 8:30am. The link is on the parish website and can also be accessed via phone. Praying the rosary with others is an incredible form of communal prayer.
• Spend some time in our prayer garden lovingly tended to by Donna Bergman. This quiet little haven provides an amazing back drop for taking in the splendor of God’s creation.
• Consider coming to one of the monthly sandwich making gatherings happening on the last Thursday evening of June, July and August. This simple act of gathering and caring for others allows us to live out our call to discipleship by living command Jesus gives us to love our neighbor!
• And of course attending weekly Mass. Mass allows us to be fortified in mind, body and spirit. Your participation is a critical component in the liturgy and the welcoming community of St. John Fisher

Our liturgical calendar does not follow the calendar year, but instead focuses on six seasons including:

Advent - four weeks of preparation before the celebration of Jesus' birth
Christmas - recalling the Nativity of Jesus Christ and his manifestation to the peoples of the world
Lent - a six-week period of penance before Easter
Sacred Paschal Triduum - the holiest "Three Days" of the Church's year, where the Christian people recall the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus
Easter - 50 days of joyful celebration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead and his sending forth of the Holy Spirit 
Ordinary Time - divided into two sections (one span of 4-8 weeks after Christmas Time and another lasting about six months after Easter Time), wherein the faithful consider the fullness of Jesus' teachings and works among his people
(taken from the USCCB website)

Each season also has different colors that correspond to the liturgical celebrations. You can tell the colors for each season by the vestments Father Sas wears and the colors on the altar. Can you guess the colors for Ordinary time?

The Center for Catholic Education & Formation and the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford will sponsor a joint conference on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at the Omni New Haven at Yale. The theme, Dreaming Together: Forming Disciples for Faith and Justice, takes its name from “Let us Dream” by Pope Francis, who encourages us to dream of a better future. The conference will include educational and practical pieces on faith formation topics such as lifelong formation, parent involvement and kerygma, social justice issues, and Catholic social teaching. Attendees will gain skills in integrating social ministry and Catholic social teaching into classroom, parish and family life.

To The St. John Fisher family:

Your support, prayers and kindness throughout the years are overwhelming. The St. John Fisher community is truly part of my family. Patty and I are blessed and thankful to all of you for the beautiful Mass and reception celebrating my 45th anniversary to the diaconate, and what a celebration it was!! The thought and preparation put into the whole celebration was a remarkable collaboration!

“Remembering always, Jesus loves you and so do We.” ~Deacon John and Patty

As a parish family, we have been blessed with the dedication, creativity and faith-filled influence of Theresa Brysgel, as she directed and taught our Faith Formation program for grades 1 through 8. For five years, Theresa inspired and provided support to our team of instructors and weathered the many challenges of delivering education within the constraints and reality of COVID. Not only did Theresa expertly provide a coordinated and diverse program to the students, she also introduced family-focused events to include parents and caregivers, who are truly the faith coaches in bringing our faith into their homes and collective hearts. We are so grateful to Theresa and wish her all the best as she takes on new adventures. We are also blessed as Theresa, who brings a spirit of community involvement and service to all she does, will stay involved in our parish social activities and outreach efforts. Thank you, Theresa, from your St. John Fisher Parish Family and enjoy a well deserved summer season with your own family!