NEWSLETTER:  8th/ 9th March 2008

PARISH PRIEST: Gerald Moorcraft, The Presbytery

New Road, Princes Risborough, HP27 0JN.  Tel: 345578
Fax: 274503, E-mail:Geraldmoorcraft85@hotmail.com

DEACONS: Richard Carr (347623), Sean Duffy (343705), Brian Stoker  (290553)

Parish Secretaries: Barbara Nicholson, Polly Sklenar

Website: www.st-teresas.org.uk
Registered Charity Number 234091

MASS DURING THE COMING WEEK

SUNDAY                   FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT                                        Year A

                              6.30 pm     Susan Devaney

                              8.00 am     Private Intention

                            10.00 am     For the People of the Parish

MONDAY             10.00 am     Mary Horan                                                 Feria

TUESDAY            10.00 am     For Thomas Joseph In Thanksgiving          Feria

WEDNESDAY      10.00 am     Geoffrey Stevens                                        Feria

THURSDAY         10.00 am     Theresa McDonald                                     Feria

FRIDAY                 4.00 pm     Margaret Ellen Slater (K.M.)                        Feria

SATURDAY         10.15 am     Service of Word & Communion           St. Joseph

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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) The Retreat; Stations of the Cross after Mass each weekday.

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ANNIVERSARIES.  Please pray for Arthur Nichol, Josephine Goodman, John Collins, Alice Hickey, Rita Kelly, David D’Alton, Jan Kucel, Suzanna Devaney, Maria Harkin, Josephine McShane, Joan Russell, Elizabeth Flynn and Denis Riordan.

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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK – 15th/16th March, 2008

Mass      Sidesmen                   Eucharistic Ministers           Readers

6.30 pm  Rhona Carr and           Anne & John Harding      Celia Sparkes and

               Angela Briscoe                                                   Shelagh Williams

8.00 am  Mike & Margaret          Sean Duffy and               Val & Brian Stoker Giblin   Philip O’Toole

10.00 am Vivienne Reid and       Alice Audley and             Liz Duffy and

               Sheila McCaffery         Olivia Sklenar                 Dee Batchelor

Offertory – Polly Sklenar Coffee Geraldine Combley and Helen Brown, Church Cleaning Church Cleaning Team (week commencing 16th March).

 

HOLY WEEK begins next Sunday, Palm Sunday.  It is the Church’s special time for remembering Our Lord’s Passion and Death.  If we enter into the liturgy of Holy Week, celebrate the liturgy in our parish then Our Lord’s Passion and Death will become more and more real for us.  For some parishioners, those who have heavy burdens to carry at present, Holy Week will be especially enriching.  For all of us, to be close to the Lord in what He endured for us can enable us to ask Him to be close to us when life’s sorrows come our way.  As we approach Holy Week let us try to put aside the things which do not matter so that we may find the Lord in our Catholic life.  He is present in the Mass and the Sacraments.  In respect of the Mass the 2nd Vatican Council had some wonderful things to say: The Lord is present through the Scriptures, the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, the local Catholic Community and in the person of the priest.  He is present to us in these four ways when we come to Mass.  It would be a wonderful grace for our parish if our sense of these four ways were to deepen over the next weeks which will take us to Easter.  Please remember that I am always available for you should you wish to see me for Confession or a chat and it is no trouble for me to come to see you in your home if that is what you would like – there is no shortage of drivers to take me to you if you live beyond walking distance.

 

LITURGY GROUP meet this Tuesday, 11 March, in the clubroom at 7 p.m.

 

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES for the 150th Anniversary will take place from 22nd to 29th August, 2008.  Further details from the Pilgrimage Director, Father Damien Walne on 01604-406410.

 

PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES for the coming financial year are in the narthex.  Please pick up your box as you leave. 

 

JUSTICE & PEACE MASS.  A special Mass is being organised to celebrate the work of Justice & Peace on 12th April, 2008 at 11.30 a.m.  Bishop Peter will be celebrating the Mass which will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes, Coffee Hall, Milton Keynes.  Everyone is invited to bring something for a shared lunch.  If you are interested in attending please let Barbara know.

 

EASTER CHURCH CLEANING will take place on 19th March.  Please put this date in your diaries now.

 

THAME CHARITY ACOUSTIC NIGHT will be held on Saturday, 15th March at Thame Barns Centre on Church Road, Thame – proceeds will be shared between CAFOD and Christian Aid.  The event will run from 7.30 – 11.00 p.m. and several local bands will be playing and it is hoped the evening will be a great social event.  The Cafod Diocesan Youth Officer from the Archdiocese of Birmingham will be attending the evening.  Tickets £5 in advance/£6 on the door.  Please contact Theresa Buchanan on 01844-218083.

 

MONEY, MONEY.  Offertory £989.37, Retiring Collection   £19.20. Cafod £12.00.  God bless your support for your parish.

 

Love and prayers,