NEWSLETTER: 25th / 26th December  2010

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                              

                             THE HOLY FAMILY  Year A    

SATURDAY           8.00 am    Bishop Francis Thomas.                                

     10.00 am    John Wallace  R.I.P.

SUNDAY                8.00 am    Elizabeth Williams.  R.I.P.                                                    

                             10.00 am    Dennis Haines  R.I.P.                                                          

MONDAY            11.00 am    For The People of The Parish               St John The Apostle                                      

TUESDAY            11.00 am    Sheila Bolger.                                       The Holy Innocents         

WEDNESDAY      10.00 am    The Staff of St. Teresa’s School.          St Thomas of Canterbury    

THURSDAY         10.00 am    John (Toni) Fitzpatrick.                       6th Day of Christmas Octave                                          

FRIDAY                 4.00 pm      Terry Marie Fitzpatrick. (At K. M.)    7th Day of Christmas Octave                   

SATURDAY         10.15 am    Holy Souls.                                          Mary Mother of God 

N.B. Mass on Monday and Tuesday are moved to 11.00am for the two Bank Holiday’s. Saturday 1st of January there will be a Mass at 10.15 am.                      

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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 Elizabeth O’Carroll, Agnes (Mary) and John Sheerin’ Jan Poloczanin, Sister Kathleen Mary Gogin, William George Harrison, Elizabeth Kenny, Maria Giovanna Morici, Elizabeth Roberts, John (Jack) Walsh, William Edward Spillman, Mildred Violet Hare and Nina Mary Gough.

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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK  1st/2nd January 2011

Mass          Sidesmen                             Eucharistic Ministers            Readers                                       

6.30 pm    Rhona and Richard              Roger Beavil and                     Val Stoker and

                    Carr.                                       Jane Bunce.                             Fiona Moran.

8.00 am     Mike and Margaret              Alan Sparkes and                    Simon Martin and

                    Giblin.                                    Anne Bowe.                              Jean O’ Brien.                   

 10.00 am  Celia Sparkes and               Emilie Daly and                      Patrick McAleavy &  

                    Sylvia Bairstow.                   Kian Guerzoni.                         Rob Duigan.

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Offertory Fiona Moran Flowers Flower Group  Coffee Sheila McCaffery & Marie Pennell Children’s Liturgy Christmas Break Church Cleaning Bridget Grant & Jennifer Wright  (commencing 2nd January)

 

SEASONS GREETINGS   Once again Christmas has  come to us with all its blessings and joys. Thank you, all of you who have worked so hard in preparing the church and the liturgy for this great celebration. At this time of the year our thoughts turn to our families ; those who live with us and others who are far away. We remember especially those who have no family of their own, those who are homeless and those who are poor. May we find a place for all of them in our hearts, remembering that Jesus and His parents themselves were far from home. May the Holy Family be a model for us all.

 

AFTER 21 YEARS OF TYPING OUR WEEKDAY MASS SHEETS   Margaret Stokes will be standing down after Christmas and handing over to a new parish volunteer. We would all like to say a huge thank you Margaret for that valuable contribution to the smooth running of our weekday Masses and Service of Word and Communion sheets.

Thank you also to the lovely parishioner who now takes over.

 

FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES    To run a Church in the way that St Teresa’s is run, can only be achieved by a great many good people working together for love of God, their Church and their community. Giving up their own time, to sing, play and arrange the  flower’s. We have our wonderful Sacristan, our Deacons, all of those who clean the church weekly, those taking an active role on the rota lists for the various ministries, those who work with and train our altar servers, or work with the youngsters in the parish, and many, many other things that just seem to happen,  all of this work and this giving of their own time ensures that we have a lovely church, beautiful Masses and a true feeling of belonging. Sit for a moment and look around our Church, we are all truly

blessed. Thank you, thank you …….…….to all of you, for all you do.

 

I AM TOLD   that there was a great turnout of volunteers on the 21st December to clean and dust the Church ready for Christmas……… Well done to all of you, it was completed in record time. I am also told that there were one or two new faces on the day and that it was a joy to work together.

 

ST T’s FC    meet up again on the 2nd January for the Christmas party. !

 

S.T.Y.L.E.   meet up again on 7th January for their Christmas party. !

 

2011 DIARYS   So many of us are waiting for the Church 2011 pocket sized Diary’s and Polly continues to leave telephone messages and emails for the supplier, but it would seem that we are not going to get them before Christmas, hopefully they will arrive when the weather and the post has settled down.

 

MONEY. Offertory £230.50 (Bad weather prevented a lot of people getting to Church) RETIRING COLLECTION. No Retiring Collection this week. CAFOD    thank you.                                                       

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

                                         

                                                                    Father John