Congratulations to the St. John Fisher Knights of Columbus
Council 15734 2019-2020 Scholarship Recipients!

Thank you for your exceptional service to our community and
best of luck in your future endeavors!

Christina Aniolek	Peter James Cavaliere	Ryan Dunnirvine

Civilize It is a program created in the fall of 2019 in an effort to provide guidelines for engaging in meaningful and respectful conversation.  According to the USCCB website:

“The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (UFCCB) has launched a campaign inviting Catholics to model civility and love for neighbor throughout the year. Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate will ask Catholics to pledge civility, clarity, and compassion in their families, communities and parishes, and call on others to do so as well.

Find out more information at https://www.CivilizeIt.org.”

Ave Maria Litany

Mass ~ 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ September 27, 2020

26^th Sunday in Ordinary Time A20

Yes or no? That is the deceptively simple question at the core of today’s readings.

Yes or no? Is my life or your life a yes or a no to God’s invitation to the fullness of life?

 The fact that we are here would indicate that we at least want our lives to be such. But does our presence here and the words we use to profess our faith match the lives we lead? That too is the nitty, gritty of today’s readings.

Congratulations to the following children who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday, September 19th 

Ella, Kaitlyn, Ty, Tenley, Carley,  Annabella, Josslyn, Juliette, Sophie, Delaney, Oliver, & Jack. 

God Bless them all!

East Catholic is currently accepting applications for a limited number of seats for grades 9, 10 and 11. Please visit echs.com for more information.

East Catholic High School is additionally pleased to be accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year.

​COMING IN OCTOBER
Social Justice Gathering and Awards
A virtual event
October 20, 2020
6:45 PM Social
7:00 PM Program​ 

​Registration is free but is required. Please visit here for information and registration

Support our teens
as they help others!

The St. John Fisher teens are
collecting clean cans and
plastic bottles to help raise
funds to support service
projects.

Just drop off your clean plastic bottles
and cans in the plastic bins by the
door to the church hall from
September 20th to 30th.

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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Lord, I Need You Video

25^th Sunday in Ordinary Time A20

Once again we have the themes of forgiveness, mercy, compassion, and generosity. They run through the reading from Isaiah, the responsorial psalm, the gospel parable.

Isaiah assures us that God can be found and that God is near. All we have to do is forsake our scoundrel ways, get rid of wicked thoughts, and turn to the Lord for mercy who is generous in forgiving. The responsorial psalm declares the Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and good to all and compassionate toward all his works. That sounds pretty good and doable.

We will still collect sandwiches on Thursday, September 24. We will NOT gather after 8:30am Mass to make them as a community. Sandwiches can be dropped off at the church during regular business hours or from 7:00pm—7:30pm.Thank you for your support!

Many thanks to all our parishioners who gave so generously to support the needs of our elementary school children and families. As a parish we were able to provide 14 filled backpacks with the requested supplies for the students who are starting off this different-than-normal school year. If you are still interested in donating funds to cover the cost of the backpacks and supplies, please feel free to do so with a check made out to St. John Fisher with a notation that it is for the backpack drive. Even with the generosity of many parishioners we remain a bit short in covering the costs. Thanks in advance!