NEWSLETTER:  20th/ 21st February 2010

PARISH PRIEST: Father Tom Kenny, The Presbytery

New Road, Princes Risborough, HP27 0JN.  Tel: 345578
Fax: 274503, E-mail:presbytery@st-teresas.org.uk

DEACONS: Richard Carr (347623), Sean Duffy (343705)

Brian Stoker (290553)

Parish Secretary: Polly Sklenar

Website: www.st-teresas.org.uk
Registered Charity Number 2340910

                                                    FIRST WEEK OF LENT                  Year C                                                                                                             

SUNDAY              6.30 pm     Eileen Parrissien.

                             8.00 am     Joan Amyon                                                 

                            10.00 am     For The People of the Parish

MONDAY           10.00 am     Kitty Rutledge.              Chair of St. Peter, Apostle

TUESDAY           10.00 am     Obed Nazereth.                                                     Feria

WEDNESDAY     10.00 am     John Harding                                                         Feria

THURSDAY        10.00 am     Holy Souls.                                                 Feria          

FRIDAY                 4.00 pm     Holy Souls.   (At Ker Maria)                        Feria           

SATURDAY        10.15 am     Service of Word & Holy Communion.         Feria

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HOLY DAY MASSES at 9.00 am and 8.00 pm:  Baptisms/Marriages

by Arrangement; Confessions on Saturday during Exposition at 5.30 pm and at any time at call; Parent & Toddlers Group – Tuesdays 10 a.m., Catechism Club – Tuesdays 4.00 pm.; Bible Study – Thursdays 7.30 pm (Sept – July) in the Clubroom. Rosary each Saturday after service of Word and Holy Communion. Stations of The Cross after each week day Mass during Lent.           

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ANNIVERSARIES.  Please pray for Thomas Mead, Albert Carthy, Bernard Morrisroe, Mary Anne Horan, Rev Francis M. Dreves, Madeline Hardwick, Gertrude Thompson, Dorothea Gibson, Norah West, Mary Pinnington, William Dunn, Kathleen McCullagh, Frederick Charlier and Molly Brittain .                                                                                  

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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK –   27th/28th  February 2010

Mass      Sidesmen                  Eucharistic Ministers           Readers         

6.30 pm   Tim and Yasmin         Ingrid Gardner and         Jeanette Hyde and

                Roberts.                     Marie Pennell.                Majella Hurley.

8.00 am  Victoria and                Theresa Aldis and          Celia Sparkes and

                James Blane.             Betty Cresswell.             Catherine Redding.                10.00 am  Val Stoker and                     Phil Hughes and             Ian Reid and  

                Vivienne Reid.            Paula McAleavy.            Jenny Tench. 

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Offertory Therese Daly, Flowers---- Coffee – Madeline Scott & Phylis Clegg, Church Cleaning – Margaret Giblin & Anne Bowe (commencing 28th Feb)

 

IT’S JUST WONDERFUL  that while our parish (and Father Gerald) start  our journey of change we have a priest we all know and love arriving this Sunday evening. Having Father Tom here until Easter will make the transition so much easier for all of us, we are very fortunate, so welcome back to St. Teresa’s Father Tom, it’s wonderful to have you here.

AND TALKING OF CHANGE  Please note that St. Teresa’s has a change of e-mail address. The new e-mail address is presbytery@st-teresas.org.uk  For a short while we will be running both the old and the new address, but please add the new contact address and delete the old one on your computer as soon as possible, thank you.  

 

THANK YOU AGAIN  for your wonderful farewell to me, I have never had a standing ovation before. Thank you for the lovely presents and great pile of money. I am settling in very nicely and feel quite at home in my little flat. Bishop Peter came to see me twice on Ash Wednesday and he was pleased to see how lovely my friends from the parish had made it for me.

 

JUST A REMINDER  of the hours that Polly works at the Presbytery. Monday 3.00 to 5.00pm, Tuesday 12.00 to 5.00pm, Wednesday 2.00 to 5.00pm and Thursday 2.00 to 5.00pm. The newsletter is completed by 2.00pm and photocopied by 3.30pm on a Thursday so please ensure that any items to go in the newsletter are with Polly early in the week.

 

LENTEN BOOKS  are now available to buy from the book room.

 

MEETING OF THE PASTORAL COUNCIL  will be on Monday 1st March at 7.30 pm in the clubroom.

 

FAIRTRADE  GOODS  Will be on sale in the clubroom next weekend  and the following weekend (March 6th and 7th) after each of the three Masses, please feel free to just come along and browse.

 

CAFOD FAST DAY ENVELOPES AND “GIVE IT UP FOR LENT”   money boxes  are available for you to take home if you wish, after each Mass this weekend. CAFOD Fast Day is Friday 26th February.”Give it up for Lent” will be explained at Mass this weekend.

 

NEXT WEEKEND CAFOD PROJECT GROUP   members will be selling raffle tickets for Fairtrade Hampers to highlight Fairtrade Fortnight (22nd Feb to 7th March) proceeds to this years project (the new project to be announced after Easter)

 

CHURCH DEVELOPMENT DRAW  There are still one or two people who have not renewed their annual subscription for the draw, could you please let us have your new subscription as soon as possible, thank you.

 

FEEDBACK FROM CAFOD HAITI APPEAL  Frank Sudlow from CAFOD has e-mailed to say “Your generosity for the people of Haiti has been truly magnificent, both individually and collectively. Parishes in the Diocese have raised over £100,000 and CAFOD’S partners in the Caritas Federation have been distributing much needed emergency help to those most in need. Thank you”.

 

BORN FOR THIS COMES TO ST.TERESA’S  cjm music will be performing Born For This on Sunday 28th March (Palm Sunday) at 6.30pm in our church, please put this date in your diary now and there will be more information in the weeks leading up to it. Meanwhile…… If you would like to join the cjm music group as part of the choral group, or you are willing to help to plan and organise both before and during the event please sign up in the Narthex (look for the clipboard). Thank you.

 

PLEASE COLLECT  your new box of Planned Weekly Giving Envelopes from the Narthex.  Thank you.

 

MONEY. Offertory £770.98 Retiring Collection £38.78. CAFOD £24.50 God Bless your support and generosity for your Church.

 

                                   God Bless