NEWSLETTER: 9th / 10th April  2011

PARISH PRIEST: Father John White, 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 LENT        Year A              

SATURDAY           6.30 pm    Peter Flynn.  R.I.P.                       

SUNDAY                8.00 am   Eithne Garner.   R.I.P.                                                                   10.00 am    For the People of the Parish

MONDAY             10.00 am   For Ron Bartlett’s Intentions                       Feria                               

TUESDAY            10.00 am    Denis Chettle.   R.I.P.                                  Feria                  

WEDNESDAY      10.00 am    Philip O,Toole.  R.I.P.                                         Feria     

THURSDAY          10.00 am   Service of Word & Holy Communion        Feria                                                                                                                                                    

FRIDAY                  4.00 pm   Philip O’Toole.  R.I.P. (At Ker.Maria)       Feria                                                                         

SATURDAY          10.15 am   Service of Word & Holy Communion        Feria

Next Sunday is Passion / Palm Sunday.                                                                               

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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 3.45 pm.; St T’s FC First Sunday of each month 4.00 to 6.00pm (yrs 4-6) in the Clubroom; STYLE First Friday of each month 7.00 to 9.00pm (yrs 7-13) in the Clubroom; 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 Philip Knox, Isobel Agnes Smith, Patrick James Montague, Ronald Smith, Thomas Mellish, Patrick Joseph Lennon, Mary McMenamin, Mary Margaret Boyle, Francis McShane and Kate Popplett.

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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK  16th/17th April 2011

Mass      Sidesmen                   Eucharistic Ministers  Readers                           

6.30 pm    Ingrid Gardner and   Val Stoker and               Shelagh Williams

                 Richard Carr.            Thea van Dam.              and Anne Harding.

8.00 am    Sandy and Brian       Kath and Roger              Michael Bailey and

                 Janes.                       Beavil.                            Margaret Solman.                   10.00 am  Patrick McAleavey      Emilie Daly and                          Sue Bolton and

                & Paula Cunningham.   Kian Guerzoni.               Louise Sharman.                          

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Offertory Polly Sklenar. Flowers Lent/Easter Coffee Monica Raper.  Children’s Liturgy Easter Break  Church Cleaning Margaret Giblin & Anne Bowe (commencing  17th April)

NEW LIFE IN THE LORD  Over the last three weeks there has been a recurrent theme in the readings: namely God gives us life. This has been expressed in satisfying thirst with water, in regaining life by receiving the gift of sight and light and now today in restoring life to someone who has died. As we approach Easter, we are reminded that, following original sin, through baptism the stain of original sin is removed and we are given a life-line back to God. The way back to God is through Jesus, who is the resurrection: the way, the truth and the life. Jesus is present in all the sacraments and gives us His supernatural gift of grace.

 

PENITENTIAL SERVICE  (with individual confessions)  Monday 18th April – 8pm.

All parishioners are invited to the church on Monday of Holy Week for a communal service of penance. Canon Tim Russ and Father Leszek Wisniewski will join Father John in hearing confessions afterwards. Please make every effort to attend and make Holy Week holy.

 

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES

Passion/Palm Sunday 17th April – Masses with blessing of palms at the usual times

Monday 18th April.   10.00am Mass of Reconciliation - followed by confessions.

                               8.00pm Penitential Service – followed by confessions.

REQUIEM MASS  The Requiem Mass for Jeanny Bambrick will be on Tuesday 19th April at 11.00am. May she rest in peace. There will not be a 10.00am Mass that morning but there will be confessions at 10.30am.

 

EASTER ENVELOPES  For those who are going away for Easter and do not have Planned Giving Envelopes, there are some C6 brown envelopes in the Narthex which can be used for your Easter Offerings.

 

THIRD SCRUTINY  (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Kirsty, who is to be received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil with Alison, will be presented with the Lord’s prayer following the Third Scrutiny at the 10.00am Mass this Sunday

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WELCOME  Father Frank Nolan from the White Father’s. Father Frank will talk to us this weekend about the work the White Father’s do in Africa, the Retiring collection following each of the Masses this weekend will be for this Missionary Appeal.

 

PLEASE HELP  to prepare our beautiful church for Easter. A small group of volunteers will be here at 10.45am on Wednesday 20th April to do just that, by cleaning and polishing. There was a great response to the same plea just before Christmas, and it really made a difference and was appreciated. So please come along to help if you can. Thank you.

 

OUR SVP GROUP  would like to thank parishioner’s for donations recently placed in the SVP Box. St Teresa’s SVP Group do a wonderful thing by visiting elderly people in Nursing Homes and sometimes in their own homes, some of these people  might not see a visitor at all if it were not for them. The SVP Box is on the left hand wall as you leave the church, please give if you can. This money is used to bring a little joy into the lives of those they visit.

 

RED BOX APF  Please collect your brown envelopes from your pigeon holes in the Narthex.

 

SECOND HAND CHRISTIAN BOOK SALE  after the 6.30pm and 10.00am Masses weekend of 7th/8th May. Please put aside any unwanted Christian books and further details will be given closer to the time. If you have any books that need collecting now call Louise Sharman on 07590 009431. All proceeds to the Church Building Fund.

 

MONEY. Offertory £736.55   RETIRING COLLECTION. None last weekend. This weekend The White Fathers Appeal.   Thank you.  CAFOD                                                      

God Bless you for your continual support and generosity for your Church.   

 

               Praying for a fruitful Holy Week.

                        Father John