NEWSLETTER: 1st/ 2nd May 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

  MASS DURING THE COMING WEEK                                                       Fifth Week of Easter.                                 Year C

SATURDAY             6.30 pm     Our three Deacons Intentions and Welfare.

 SUNDAY                  8.00 am    The People of the Parish.

                  10.00 am    The Chettle Family.

MONDAY 10.00 am    Margaret Stevens Intentions & Welfare.          SS Philip & James.

TUESDAY          10.00 am  Deceased Family of Roach & Mayston. Martyrs of Eng & Wales

WEDNESDAY 10.00 am                             In Thanksgiving.       Feria

THURSDAY 10.00 am                                Special Intention       Feria           

FRIDAY      4.00 pm    Tom & Bibby Sheehan 50th Anniv.(At Ker Maria)     Feria

SATURDAY 10.15 am Service of Word & Holy Communion.     Our Lady

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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 3.40 pm.; Bible Study – Thursdays 7.30 pm (Sept – July) in the Clubroom. Rosary each Saturday after service of Word and Holy Communion. .           

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ANNIVERSARIES.  Please pray for John David, Dr Thelma Marjorie Ward, Ann Mulcock, Ida (Molly) Morris, Susan Scott, Anna Elizabeth O’Reilly, Marie Coker Adamson, Valenty Przyblak, Daniel Bradley, Hugh O’Hanlon, Dorothy Reynolds and Maeve Power.

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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK –   8th/9th  May 2010

Mass  Sidesmen          Eucharistic Ministers Readers                    

6.30 pm     Marie Pennell and                      Christina Smith and          Ingrid Gardner and

             Lyn Kilbride.       Rob Duigan.          Danni Goodman.

8.00 am                           Victoria and James   Ian and Jennifer Jane Blane and

             Blane.                 Wright.                   Bridget Grant.                10.00 am  Rhona Carr and                          Paula Cunningham Anna Crookes and       

             Val Stoker.         and Margaret Cripps. Peter Bellini.      

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Offertory The Guerzoni Family, Flowers Celia and Sue Coffee – Mike and Margaret Giblin, Church Cleaning – St Teresa’s School. (commencing 9th May)   

THE BISHOP’S OF ENGLAND AND WALES  (from last Sunday’s statement) reminded us ‘that the abuse of children is a grevious sin against God’ They are the personal sins of only a very few, but we are all bound together in the body of Christ and, therefore, their sins touch us all’. They recommend that all of us ask pardon of God and enter into prayers of reparation and atonement for them. The four Fridays of May are suggested as special days for prayer, both private and public, in our parishes. We are invited ‘to come before the Blessed Sacrament to pray to God for healing, forgiveness and renewed dedication; that we pray for all who have suffered abuse, for those who mishandled these matters and those who have committed these sins of abuse as they have a journey of repentance and atonement to make’.

Friday May 7th 9am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

                 10am Mass of Reconciliation.

Friday May 14th 7,30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

Friday May 21st 9am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

                   10am Mass of Reparation.

Friday May 28th 7.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. 8pm Mass of Atonement.

The hours before the Blessed Sacrament will be guided/directed/focused at each quarter to help us concentrate on an aspect of why we are before the Lord in St Teresa’s. The Mass at 8pm on Friday May 28th will be for Our Holy Father’s Intentions and Welfare.

 

A GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY  was celebrated on the 23rd of April by Martin and Doreen Champion. Some of you will have been at the 8.00am Mass last Sunday to see Father Tom present Martin and Doreen with a Papal Blessing on behalf of the parish. Martin and Doreen were married in High Wycombe 50 years ago by Canon Anthony Griffiths and have been devoted and loyal parishioners here at St. Teresa’s since 1988.

We hope that the celebrations continue for Martin, Doreen, daughters Louise and Sister Clare and their son Paul, and congratulations from your parish family here at St. Teresa’s.

 

CHRISTIAN AID SERVICE  on Sunday May 9th at 6.00pm at the Methodist Church, preacher: John Shaw, (retired Oxfam Finance) please come along.

 

FLOWER FESTIVAL  at St Dunstans Church in Monks Risborough 14th-17th May to celebrate 1100th anniversary of the birth of St Dunstan. A celebration of flowers and music in the oldest recorded parish in England.

 

ACT OF WITNESS  outside Stoke Mandeville Hospital (adjacent to the main road marked ‘Entrance 4’) will be held at 12 noon to 1 pm on Wednesday May 5th. This prayerful Witness is held the first Wednesday of each month in reparation for the killing of unborn children. It is attended by clergy and parishioners from our new Deanery as well as Aylesbury. Please come and pray with us, especially at this election time.

 

THE SEWING GROUP   Thursdays 10.30 in the clubroom.  On the 5th of May there will be a ‘quilting workshop’ lead by Lyn Kilbride, spaces for this work shop are limited so please book your space by telephoning Sandra Heffron on 01844 343526.

 

ST TERESA’S CAFOD PROJECT GROUP  will be in the Narthex after each of the Masses this weekend selling tickets to the first fund raising lunch of 2010. The date for your diary is Sunday May 23rd  at 12.00 noon in the Walsingham Hall. The tickets will be £8 per adult, £4 for age 12 or under (under 5’s go free) for a two course lunch.

 

S.T.Y.L.E.   Have you written your name on the clipboard in the Narthex for the group outing to the bowling alley and noodle bar on Friday 7th May? All young people from year 7 to 13 are welcome to come along.

 

GIVE IT UP FOR LENT BOXES  £265.00 will be sent to CAFOD because of the generosity of St. Teresa’s parishioners. Thank you.

 

MONEY. Offertory £625.34. Retiring Collection £50.73 for Diocesan Priests Training Fund. CAFOD £3.37 God Bless you for your continual support and generosity for your Church.

 

Blessings on all parishioners and visitors.        Father Tom