Rev. William L. Traxl, died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning,July 12, 2020. Many of us rememebr Father Traxl from when he served as administrator here at St. John Fisher.

Click here to view his obituary

Our teens are collecting individually portioned snack and drink donations for the House of Bread. Donations will be used to make bagged lunches for their clients. Our Confirmation students are also collecting gently used elementary and middle school aged books for the students at South Park Shelter All items can be left in the vestibule.

We are eagerly looking forward to the day when we could meet in person. For now, we can meet virtually! Check out the St John Fisher Facebook page which is full of books, coloring pages and craft ideas for pre-school aged children. This months theme is Noah’s Ark. Feel free to pick up a fun activity bag in the lobby of the church for your child. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your child’s name and age and Amy will be sure to leave a bag for them in the church foyer. Thank you Amy!

We are excited to announce, after much anticipation, a date for our second graders First Holy Communion! Thirteen St. John Fisher children will receive the Eucharist for the first time on Saturday, September 19. Please keep these children and their families in your prayers as they prepare for this big day!

Our parish Book Club with Father Sas continues on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30p.m. in our downstairs hall. The book, The Passion and the Cross
by Ronald Rolheiser is proving to be an interesting and compelling read, and our conversations on each chapter have been very inspiring and thought provoking. For this week, we are on Chapter 4 and all are welcome even if you have yet to attend. Use of masks and social distancing are required.

15^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year A

“Talk is cheap.” “Actions speak louder than words.”

As indicated by those sayings our appreciation of words has lessened. Perhaps it’s because we hear so many of them. There seems to be no escape, especially now with the ubiquitous cell phone. Very often words become just noise to be blocked out or, through radio and TV, are used to fill the silence as we drive our cars, do our work or relax at home.

As we celebrate the 5^th anniversary of Laudato Si, Pope, Francis’ encyclical on caring for our common home, take a moment and offer up the prayer given to us by the Holy Father during recent address:

Loving God,
Creator of Heaven, Earth, and all therein contained.
Open our minds and touch our hearts,
so that we can be part of Creation, your gift.

The church bulletin will once again be available. We will not distribute it as a paper copy but rather via a link on this website. Please click here to access the bulletin. We encourage you to remember the businesses that support St. John Fisher through their bulletin advertisements. Both St. John Fisher and the advertisers thank you for your patronage of these businesses.

Our parish Book Club with Father Sas continues on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in our downstairs hall. The book, The Passion and the Cross by Ronald Rolheiser, is proving to be an interesting and very compelling read, and our conversations on each chapter have been very inspiring and thought provoking. For this week, we are on Chapter 3 and all are welcome even if you have not attended yet. Use of masks and social distancing are in place. 

We are eagerly looking forward to the day when we could meet in person. For now, we can meet virtually! Check out the St John Fisher Facebook page which is full of books, coloring pages and craft ideas for pre-school aged children.

This months theme is Noah’s Ark.

Feel free to pick up a fun activity bag in the lobby of the church for your child.
Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your child’s name and age and Amy will be sure to leave a bag for them in the church foyer. Thank you Amy!

This week marks the resumption of weekend Masses in the Hartford Archdiocese. Our Masses on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. will require pre-registration using a link on this website under "Mass Attendance Reservations" or on our Facebook page.  Registration is needed to stay within our maximum attendance of 44 parishioners. Once you register, an email confirmation will be sent to you. This confirmation should either be printed or shown via your phone to the greeter at the main entrance who is responsible for keeping the attendance to 44 and communicating the use of masks and social distancing. 

Father Sas will also be offering online Mass, Sunday, July 5, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Thank you to Gil Thompson and Nancy Aniolek for recording, Paulette Adams for reading, and Kathleen Filosa, Carolyn Henderson, and Janice Reska for providing music. The Mass will be available on our parish website on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.

St. John Fisher Website
St. John Fisher Facebook Page
Archdiocese of Hartford Website
Marlborough Food Bank
ORTV Daily Televised Mass
EWTN Daily TV Schedule
AHM Youth & Family Services

We encourage you to remember the businesses that support St. John Fisher through their bulletin advertisements. Click HERE or on the image. Both St. John Fisher and the advertisers thank you for your patronage of these businesses.

13^th Sunday in Ordinary Time A20

What we hear in today’s Gospel comes at the end of a section in Matthew in which Jesus is preparing the 12 for their 1^st missionary journey. He seems to be asking them, “Are you ready for this?” They are not going on an adventure or a sales trip. It would be different: they going out on their own to share what they believed was really good news. Were they convinced enough and dedicated enough to do that? Jesus is being frank with them, telling them that they would experience both welcome and rejection. Jesus is demanding them to make him 1^st in their lives. Nothing, no relationship nor any desire, even life itself, can be more important than what they are about to do.

We are beginning a book club this summer with the first book being chosen by Father Sas: The Passion and the Cross, by Ronald Rolheiser. For those interested, we will meet on Tuesday, June 30  from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Father asks that we read the introduction and Chapter 1 prior to our first meeting. We will meet outside at church; please bring your book and an outdoor chair.