NEWSLETTER: 5th / 6th March  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                                                       NINTH WEEK OF THE YEAR                 Year A   

SATURDAY                 6.30 pm          For the People of the Parish.                            

SUNDAY                     8.00 am           Deacon Jim Griffin. R.I.P.                                                                                                                        

            10.00 am         Philomena Nash. R.I.P.                                      

MONDAY                   10.00 am         Raymond Ball.                                     SS Perpetua &Felicity

             7.00 pm         

TUESDAY                   10.00 am         Philip O’Toole. R.I.P.                                        Feria                                         

WEDNESDAY             9.00 am          Philip O’Toole R.I.P.                           ASH WEDNESDAY               

                  4.00 pm          Holy Souls.     (At Ker Maria)

              8.00 pm         For The People of the Parish.

THURSDAY                 10.00 am        Edmund White R.I.P.                             Feria                                                                                                         

FRIDAY                         4.00 pm        Eileen Hare’s Intentions. (At Ker.Maria.)     Feria                                                  

SATURDAY                12.00 noon                                                                      Feria  

N.B. The Mass at 7.00pm on Monday is for The Bucks Catholic School Partnership, all St Teresa’s Parishioners are very welcome.

N.B. Ash Wednesday, the morning Mass will be at 9.00am, a school and parish Mass. All are very welcome.   

N.B.The Mass at 12.00 noon on Saturday is the Catholic Women’s League Mass. All St Teresa’s Parishioners are very welcome.                                                   

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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  Hilda Chalfont, Mary Gibson, Elizabeth Jane Holden, Timothy Hohn Hurley, Arthur Nichol, Josephine Goodman, Patrick Joseph Daly, John Collins, Alice Hickey, Rita (Margarita Florence) Kelly, David Arthur D’Alton, Jan Kucel, Suzanna (Susan) Devaney and Maria Harkin .

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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK  12th/13th March 2011

Mass           Sidesmen                               Eucharistic Ministers               Readers                                         

6.30 pm     Rhona Carr and                      Christine de Lauriston              Celia Sparkes and

                 Rosalind Allison-Calvert.        and Marie Pennell.                    Majella Hurley.

8.00 am     Mike and Margaret                  Jennifer and Ian                        Margaret Solman

                 Giblin.                                        Wright.                                       and Anne Bowe.          10.00 am  Vivienne Reid and                      Rob Duigan and             Liz Duffy and

                 Sheila McCaffery                        Paula Cunningham.                 Kian Guerzoni.                              

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Offertory Polly Sklenar  Flowers Lent/Easter Coffee Geraldine Combley  Children’s Liturgy Marie Pennell Church Cleaning  Marie Pennell & Sue Trott  (commencing  13th March)

 

MAKING A DECISION  Sometimes we are presented with difficult choices and we put off making a decision because it seems easier to ‘go with the flow’, and drift through life. Moses sets before the people a choice: God’s word and a blessing or ignoring God’s word and being cursed. It is like building a house; it is easier to build on sand than deciding to build on rock, yet only the rock provides a solid foundation.

 

BRIGHTLIGHTS  1st – 14th 2011 – Liturgies, speakers, workshops and seminars on our faith, for young people aged 16 to 30 at Aylesford Priory in Kent. This years theme is ‘Just Love’. Please take a card from the narthex if interested or visit www.BRIGHTLIGHTS.ORG.UK

 

ASH WEDNESDAY  Lent begins on Wednesday 9th March. There will be Masses with distribution of Ashes at  9.00am and 8.00pm and 4.00pm at Ker Maria.

 

PALM CROSSES  Could you please bring last years palm cross back to the church (before Tuesday) and leave them in the Narthex for Theresa Aldis and Sue Bolton to collect. The Catechism group burn last years crosses to make this years ashes. Thank you.                  

 

PLANNED GIVING APPEAL  This weekend Mr Brin Dunsire of the Diocesan Planned Giving and Gift aid Service will be here to address us at  each of  the weekend Masses.

 

YOUR NEW WEEKLY PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES  are ready for you to collect. Please pick yours up from the box in the narthex.

 

THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT The C.A.F.O.D. Project Group will be selling Raffle tickets to raise funds for the Parish Project  (The village of Musha in Rwanda) The Raffle tickets will be £1 each for a chance to win one of two Fairtrade Hampers.

 

FAIRTRADE GOODS ON SALE THIS  WEEKEND  in the clubroom following each Mass. It would be a very good thing to come and buy.

 

NEXT SATURDAY’S MASS  at 12.00 noon is for the Catholic women’s League, please come along and join them at this Mass.

 

RISBOROUGH GOOD NEIGHBOURS  If there is anyone who has a car and a little spare time and would be prepared to help take patients to the surgery or hospitals to keep their appointments, please contact either Val or Geoff Young on 01844 345503. Drivers will be offered 40p per mile.

 

LENTEN BOOKS AND CALENDERS   for adults and children are now available to purchase in the bookroom, please feel free to browse and buy.

 

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY   The CAFOD Project group invite you to ‘Walk for Rwanda’ on Sunday May 15th. There will be a choice of 2 walks (both starting and finishing from Whiteleaf Cross) 10k or 5k. You will be asked to get sponsors and all the proceeds will go to the Parish project  ‘Musha, in Rwanda’ More information nearer the time, meanwhile please put the date in your diary.

 

MONEY. Offertory £666.86  RETIRING COLLECTION. No Retiring Collection this weekend. CAFOD £2.00 thank you.                                                       

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

                                                  

                                    Father John