“Keep Christ in Christmas” Knights of Columbus Magnets & Ornaments Sale for Special Olympics

The Knights of Columbus will be selling: Christmas Nativity Magnets for $5 each Specially designed Christmas Ornaments for $10 each.
All proceeds will be donated to the CT Special Olympics.
Both items will be available after every weekend Mass through out the Advent season, beginning on December 2 - 3.

"Keep Christ In Christmas” Knights of Columbus 2023 Poster Contest

The Knights of Columbus are excited again to announce the annual "Keep Christ in Christmas" Poster Contest. Registration forms and paper have been given out to all the Faith Formation classes ; additional information may be found online. The dead- line for entry is December 15th by NOON. There are three separate divisions: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8. Prizes are awarded for each division and winners will be entered into the state contest. For any questions, please ask a Knight or Melissa Jordan.
Please encourage any and all children in your life to express their personal faith impressions in the true theme of Christmas, the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Additional information here: https://www.kofc.org/en/what-we-do/faith-in-action-programs/family/keep-christ-in-christmas.html

Saint John Fisher Book Club

Please join us for coffee and a holiday discussion of
“The Christmas Sweater”
by Glenn Beck
and
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse “
by Charlie Mackesy
Wednesday, December 13, at 10 am St. Thomas More Hall

A limited number of books are reserved at the Richmond Memorial Library. For more info: contact Barbara Gaudette (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Sponsored by St. John Fisher Lending Library Committee.

Updated Scam Warning!

Text messages from Father Leblanc are probably scams. My message was from an 856 area code (New Jersey) instead of 860 and signed as "Rev. Fr."  If your message app supports reporting these texts as "Junk", be sure to do so. ALWAYS verify before clicking any links in messages or emails. Leading up to Black Friday scam messages, junk emails, and phishing phone calls are very, very high. Be diligent.

If a business calls you, they already know who you are and don't need you to "verify" your account numbers, payment information, or other personal information. If you are unsure if a call is legitemate, hang up and call the business directly at their regualr customer service number, NOT the number in the message or email.

Thank You From HOPES

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Untangling yarn!  Jan Passacantando, Julie Groene and Eileen Gillis

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The Prayer Shawl ministry meets the 2nd Saturday of each month from 1:00pm at the St. Thomas More Hall

Many Thanks for All Souls’ Mass Support

Congratulations To Our Most Recent Confirmation Community

Our most recent Comfirmation Community
members that received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford on Sunday, October 29th
Maxwell B, Jackson C, Jake D, Brody F, Luke F, Alexander G, Brooke G, Aubree J, William K, Aidan M, Mark M, Ola S, Michael T, Colin T, Marina W, Cecilia Z.

Hudson Visco ~ Thank You!

Thank you to every member of St. John Fisher who supported my bake sale! I raised almost $800 which will definitely help me towards making my project possible. I am so happy I get to create a project that gives back to this great community of people! The leftover items will be donated to House of Bread in Hartford. 

 

Thanks,

Hudson Visco

SCAM EMAIL WARNING!

An email or set of emails have been sent using Father's name in the “From:" field of the email. If the email requests you send money via gift card(s) or other non-traditional forms of payment, don't do it! This is common SCAM sent to you in anticipation of fooling you out of your hard earned money. This form of SCAM is not unusual and there is very little you can do to prevent it.

Anyone receiving an email should be aware of how to check the origin of that email, be able to ascertain if it’s a legitimate request and follow-up with an inquiry if even the least bit suspicious. If you hover your cursor over the “To:" address in any email, you can usually see the actual email address that the message was sent from. You’ll see that the SCAM email is not from Father Al.

Do NOT click on any links. If you respond to the email to vent your anger and or frustration, YOUR email address will be added to the SCAMMERs collection to be used in future email SCAM compaigns. Delete the email message.