St. John Fisher Roman Catholic Church

🩸 Make - a - Difference Day Blood Drive

Saturday, October 26 ~ 9:00 - 2:00

We need your help to make this Blood drive a success! The American Red Cross needs a minimum of 24 donors and our goal is to register 40 donors. Below you will find the information to sign up.

You may sign up even if you have NEVER donated before - we need you!
Young women and men who are 16 years old - MAY GIVE BLOOD with a permission slip attached and must bring a legal picture ID. Ask and we will email you a permission slip
SIGN UP - NEW DONORS please include your telephone number and email when you sign up.
Direct link to St. John Fisher Church Scheduled Blood Drive:
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=
then COMPLETE the Rapid Pass.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/manage-my-donations/rapidpass.html

There will be a sign up sheet at both entrances of the church beginning of October for volunteer helpers and bakers.

If you want emails of the direct links or permission slip, please contact Donna at 860-463-1120.

🍨 All Faith Formation Families are welcome! ~ Prayer Service and Ice Cream Social

Tuesday, September 17 ~ 7:00 - 8:00 pm

What better way to start the year than to spend a calming half hour in prayer for the children of our Faith Formation as they begin their faith journey for year 2024-2025. Meanwhile, your children will enjoy spending time with their Faith Formation peers and instructors for ice cream and fun!

🚸 2024 HOPES Collection: Help Our Parish Educators and Students ~ Second Collection - September 21 & 22

The HOPES collection is an annual fundraiser that provides vital support to our Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford. Our most vital resource in every Catholic school is our dedicated teachers. Their profession is a vocation. This collection will provide new revenue sources to offer our teachers a just wage, ensuring quality education, enthusiasm and stability. We ask you to join us in supporting our children by supporting their teachers. It is a true search for our children’s excellence. HOPES means brighter futures for all our children by enabling us to keep tuition affordable for families. This year the collection will run September 21 & 22. Please consider donating to support our schools.

It’s Really Happening! The Transfer of Our Tabernacle to the Sanctuary

September 14^th and 15^th

Illustrationn of megaphone. Monochrome style. isolated on white background. We are excited to share that the presence of our Lord Jesus will now sit front and center behind our altar beginning next weekend! The timing of this move fits nicely with the Gospel of John, which we have been listening to these past few weeks as we heard his “Bread of Life” discourses – where Jesus, for the first time, makes direct reference to the Eucharist and Himself as the Bread of Life and the source of all spiritual nourishment that comes from God.

⛳️ Drive ... for the FISH!

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Don't Miss Out! Coming Soon!

CLICK HERE FOR FULL INFORMATION

To sign up, go to

www.birdease.com/2024KofCGolf

🎼 Adult Choir

Our Adult Choir will begin rehearsals on September 11 at 5:30pm. Anyone who is interested in joining the choir may speak with Janice Reska after Mass or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

MissalMusic

A Magnificent Bounty - Journey Home Collection

See the bounty we collected. Our collective generosity is making a difference.

Back-to-School Drive - An A+ Success!

Thanks to your generosity, our parish was able to provide ALL the requested back-to-school supplies and backpacks for 13 Marlborough Elementary School students. Each backpack was filled with the respective teachers’ requests and created an exciting beginning to a new school year - with students prepared to learn and make new memories! On average, a backpack with supplies cost $65 per student, and we are grateful to be able to support our local families in need of this outreach. Please hold these students and families in your prayers for this new school year ahead!

Come Sing with Us!

Our Adult Worship Choir at St. John Fisher Church will be ready to start singing in September for Sunday Masses.

New members are welcome to join us. Choir practice is held weekly on Wednesdays from 5:30 – 7:00pm

The ability to read music is not required. What better way to praise God than to make a joyful noise!

We are also in need of cantors to lead the congregation in song.

If you are interested, please see Janice Reska at Mass. You may also call our parish office or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Volunteers Needed for Faith Formation

We are looking for adults (parents, grandparents, other adult parishioners) and 9-12th grade youth volunteers, who can commit to assisting with K-8 classes. The success of this program depends on dedicated volunteers invested in the future of our children and church. This past year we received positive feedback about the program, and we look forward to continuing its development in the year ahead.

If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to Cindy Bryan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 860-690-9097 no later than the beginning of September.

Rodney’s Road Racers

Melissa Jordan and her family will be participating in the ALS United walk on September 28 in honor of parishioner Rodney Madore. If you would like to donate, please CLICK HERE.

Marlborough Elementary School (MES) Back-to-School Backpack & Supplies Drive

For more than 20 years, our STJF parish family has supported the needs of MES students and their families with backpacks and school supplies - many of these families also participate in and are patrons of our local food bank.

Please consider contributing to this community service effort with a monetary donation that will be used to purchase the requested items - either by cash (in an envelope) or check made out to St. John Fisher Church, with a notation for the Back-to-School Drive - placed in the collection basket or mailed by the weekend of August 17-18. Thank you for once again making this effort possible as we support our neighbors in Christ.