Faith-Family Connection

I would like to thank all of the Faith Formation Families for their support of our fundraiser to fight Global Hunger. The St John Fisher community truly appreciates all of the items that you donated for the raffle baskets. We sold about $900 worth of raffle tickets thanks to your generosity. All of these proceeds are going to our Global Packaging Event where we will be packaging and sending 10,000 meals to Burkina Faso, an area in western Africa that struggles with drought, disease, famine and starvation.  Our Helping Hands Coffee House, raffle, silent auction and t-shirt sales have all been a huge success and although I do not have a final count yet, I am sure that we have far surpassed our goals. We may be able to send even more meals than expected thanks to all of your generosity!

Mark your calendar to help at our food packaging event
Saturday, April 6
St. John Fisher Church
beginning at 10:00AM
Pease register online by following the link; CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
or on the sign-up sheets located at the church entrances

*Get tickets to attend our Helping Hands Community Coffee House on Saturday, March 2, from 6:30-9pm in the Church Hall. Enjoy the talent of parishioners and local musicians; sample local beer, wine or soda; enjoy delicious snacks; bid on silent auction prizes from The Bushnell, It's So Ranunculus, Hartford Yard Goats, Essex Riverboat Cruise, Thomas Hooker, KidCity Museum...and more

*Try your luck with tickets for our themed basket raffle. Tickets will be sold after Mass on March 2 and at the Coffee House event. Winners do not need to be present to collect baskets.

*Support our Monks' Bread and Biscotti fundraiser after all Masses on March 2/3. All orders will be ready for pick-up March 23/24.

***Save the Date***

The annual Soup for a Cause sponsored by the Confirmation Community is on Saturday, March 9, after the 4:00 Mass.

Come share in the fellowship of a warm meal while supporting the House of Bread’s Kid’s Café.

Special thanks to the many hands that helped make Valentines for the children at Adelbrook, Catholic Worker House and South Park Inn. Know that through your work, many children felt a little extra love this Valentine’s Day.

EVENT DETAILS

Location:  30 Jones Hollow Road, Marlborough, CT  06447

Contact: Jen O’Neill, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 860-295-0001

• Help us package 10,000 meals for people in need in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
• Your donations are needed to cover the cost of food, shipping and programs in Burkina Faso that focus on longer-term solutions to hunger.
• If you are registering for this event, but not donating at this time, please enter a “Zero” and “No, thanks” when it asks for your “fundraising goal.”

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Are you or someone you know considering becoming a Catholic?

Are you baptized but haven’t received Communion or been Confirmed?

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults may be for you!

Please contact Jim Castellani, RCIA Coordinator, via the parish office at 860-295-0001 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Sunday, March 3, 2019

1:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Offering: $30 (includes dinner & Mass)
Come join a vibrant group of young adults to prepare for our Lenten journey. Presenters will examine how we can bring our whole selves to the Christian journey. There will also be time for quiet reflection and discussion. Program includes dinner and celebration of the Eucharist.

Click here to register        Click here to download the flyer

Photo's of some of our teens at Book Club with the kids at the Catholic Worker House.

To view the photo album, sign into the website if you haven't already done so, then click here or on the menu, go to OUR PARISH | Extra's | Photo Gallery

We ask you to prayfully consider extending a helping hand to your neighbor in one or more of these ways:

Mark your calendar to help at the food packaging event (you do not need to commit to the entire time):
Saturday, April 6 at St. John Fisher Church (Morning-Midday timing, pending CRS confirmation)

Get tickets to attend our Helping Hands Community Coffee House on Saturday, March 2 from 6:30-9 pm in the Church Hall.
Enjoy the talent of parishioners and local musicians; sample local beer, wine or soda; enjoy delicious snacks; bid on silent auction prizes from The Bushnell, It’s So Ranunculus, Hartford Yard Goats, Essex Riverboat Cruise, Thomas Hooker, KidCity Museum...and more!! (Do you want to perform? Have an item to donate?)

Try your luck with tickets for our themed basket raffle. Tickets will be sold at Faith Formation on 2/12, after all three Masses 2/23-24, and at the Coffee House event on 3/2, or use the order form below.

Become a Helping Hands Sponsor in three nourishing levels:
Appetizer ($25 sponsorship) ~ Entrée ($50 Sponsorship) ~ Dessert ($100 Sponsorship)

Buy a Helping Hands t-shirt, designed by senior Ellie Packer. Order at www.stjfchurch.org or via order form.

Support our Monks’ Bread and Biscotti fundraiser after all Masses on 2/23-24 and 3/16-17, or order below.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL FLYER AND MORE DETAILS

Many thanks to all parishioners, including our Confirmation Community, who have spent the last few weeks reaching out and offering hospitality to others in our community by serving dinner at Immacare Shelter and the Drive through Café, sandwiches for St. Vincent de Paul, toiletry bags for House of Bread and South Park Shelter, donating groceries for the
Marlborough Food Bank and making and distributing bagged lunches in Bushnell Park.

The Catholic Graduates Club of Greater Hartford is once again offering three $2,000 scholarships to any Catholic student in Hartford County who plans to attend a four college beginning in 2019.

Scholarships will be awarded based on need, scholarship, character, leadership and achievement.

The deadline is March 15. Additional information and applications may be found at www.catholicgraduatesct.org.