NEWSLETTER: 28th/
29th March 2009
PARISH PRIEST: Monsignor Gerald Moorcraft, The Presbytery
DEACONS: Richard Carr (347623), Sean Duffy (343705)
Brian Stoker (290553)
Parish Secretary: Polly Sklenar
SUNDAY FIFTH
WEEK OF LENT. Year B
6.30
pm Susan De Vaney
8.00
am Private Intention
10.00
am For The
People of the Parish
MONDAY 10.00
am Service of Word & Holy
Communion Feria
TUESDAY
10.00 am Patsy Treacey Feria
WEDNESDAY 10.00
am Patricia Hennesy Feria
THURSDAY 10.00 am James
Bowe Feria
FRIDAY 4.00 pm June
Galvin (At Ker
Maria.) Feria
SATURDAY 10.00am 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. Stations of The Cross after each weekday Mass during Lent.
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ANNIVERSARIES. Please pray for James Peter
Ryan, Violet Mary Amato, Ted Kearney, Milly Slack,
Mary Nurick, James Ronald Sweeney, Meryl Gammon,
Isabel Rutherford, James Brambley, Clara Edith
Higgins, George Robert Gradwell, Sister Kathleen Druce and James Bowe.
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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK – 4th/5th April 2009
Mass Sidesmen Eucharistic
Ministers Readers
6.30 pm
8.00 am
10.00 am
N.B. Please see paper enclosed for next
weeks rotas.
Offertory –, Flowers --- Coffee –, Church Cleaning –commencing 5th April).
MY HOPE AND PRAYER is that the liturgy of Lent is bringing all St Teresa’s parishioners to look forward to Holy
Week which begins next Sunday with the Blessing
of Palms and Procession. The event of Our Lord’s Passion and Death are re-enacted for us in the liturgy of Holy Week. The
sacred Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the
Easter Vigil are at the heart of our Catholic life as disciples of Jesus. There
is, I believe, a special grace in living the Sacred Triduum
in our own parish. As St Teresa Said: “ We only have
this life to live the faith” Holy Week is our Pascal Mystery – from death to
life. Again St Teresa can guide us, on her death bed at the age of only 24 she
spoke those wonderful words: “ I am not dying, I am
entering into life”
OUR LIFE OF FAITH is a living relationship with Jesus
Our Saviour and our Friend. This relationship is nourished by prayer and the
Sacraments. When did you last go to Confession?! Remember that we have a Mass
of Reconciliation on Monday of Holy Week i.e. 6th April. The
evenings will be lighter then and it should not be a hardship to get to Mass at
such a late hour. Holy Week is the time for late hours – on Maundy Thursday and
for the Easter Vigil. If anyone has difficulty in coming to Mass during Holy
Week please let me or one of the Deacons know.
PREPARING THE CHURCH
FOR EASTER means that we need to Spring clean and blow
away the cobwebs! Can you help? At 9.30am on Maundy Thursday (9th
April) a good few people (we hope) will just arrive at the church and
help to clean and freshen things up. The more people obviously the better.
Please find a little time to help. Thank you.
LIGHTHOUSE 2009 Easter Fun event, Saturday 4th
April at St Mary’s Hall in Risborough, there will be an Easter activity for
4-11 year olds at 2.00 till 4.00pm and a disco for 12-18 year olds
(Lamplighters, Lighthouse Keepers and friends) in the evening 7 till 9.00pm. Tickets £2 or £3 on the door. There is also a quiz night
(for people of any age) 25th April in the Walsingham
Hall at 8.00pm. £5 per person, bring your own food and
drink. For more details contact Ingrid Gardner 01844 347996.Please support
Lighthouse if you can.
STYLE meet again next Friday 3rd April in the Walsingham Hall from 7.00 to 9.00pm If you are aged between
11 and 18 please come and enjoy the fun.
ST T,s F C A reminder that we
meet this Sunday 28th March in the Walsingham
Hall from 4.00 to 6.00pm. If you are in years 4, 5 or 6 please come along.
PRO LIFE WITNESS &
PRAYER You are invited to join those who will
be meeting this coming Wednesday 1st April between 12.00 noon and
1.00pm at entrance 4,
CHRISTIAN AID Wednesday 1st April, “Coffee in
the Conservatory” at
MONEY, MONEY. Offertory £709.05, Retiring
Collection £22.97.and CAFOD FAST DAY £32.00.
God bless your support for your Church.
Love and prayers,