St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Catholic Church
Princes Risborough
NOTICES
Please note that the Funeral Service for Gertrud Clara Goss will take place here at St Teresa’s on Friday 24th July at 2.00pm – There will also be morning Mass at 10.00am as usual on this day.
CAFOD AND DEC VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE APPEAL.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the people of Venezuela after two devastating earthquakes in Caracas. We have asked CAFOD to direct the money recently raised by our sponsored walk to this appeal. You can also go to the CAFOD website: cafod.org.uk to donate to the appeal if you are able. Thank you.
CHILDRENS LITURGY
Children’s liturgy will be on a summer break from Sunday 26th July, returning on Sunday 6th September.
EMMAUS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Our Bereavement Support Group will meet again on
Sunday, 26th July between 3.00pm and 4.30pm in the
Club Room for tea, cake and a friendly chat. Please
let us know if you need a lift by calling Jean O'Brien
on 07588 401608
Donation Giving Methods
St. Teresa’s now has a website for online donations. Please Click on the 'Donate' button at the top of this screen. You can now also make donations at church using a card payment terminal in the narthex.
Housebound
If you are aware of anyone who is sick or housebound, please let Father Lijo know so that a visit can be arranged and for them to receive Holy Communion, if requested.
Please e-mail (parish.stteresapr@northamptondiocese.org) or leave a message at the Presbytery.
St Teresa's is on Facebook!
If you would like to join our Facebook group e mail StTeresasParish@groups.facebook.com
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APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Richard Moth as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Northampton. This is a temporary appointment made by the Holy See to ensure the Diocese continues to be led and cared for while the diocesan Bishop is unable to carry out his duties. During this time, Archbishop Moth will remain resident in Westminster whilst he is responsible for the pastoral leadership and governance of our Diocese.
COMMUNITY CENTRE UPDATE & PARKING ARRANGEMENTS
Kingswell, our builders, will be here next Thursday and Friday to prepare so that work can start on Monday, July 27th. They will be marking out the garden, creating a construction zone, arranging temporary water and power supplies and putting up safety notices, etc. Your safety will be paramount during the period that they are working on site. The biggest safety risk is during the period they are doing the groundworks and erecting the frame of the new building, which will last until the end of August, when diggers, heavy dumper trucks, concrete mixers and a crane will be using the car park, and materials are being delivered. These are very large vehicles which will need the freedom of the car park to manoeuvre. It became very clear in discussions with Kingswell that we have to close the car park until 5.30pm during weekdays in August to all traffic except the builders for safety reasons.
Starting on Monday, July 27, and ending on Monday, August 31st the following arrangements will apply
• The car park will be closed to all vehicles except contractor’s traffic and to all pedestrians until 5.30 on weekdays
• Mass will continue at 10.00 am during the week with pedestrian access only via the path between the church and the presbytery. Kingswell are aware of Mass times and will
ensure your safety.
• Special arrangements will be made for funerals
• It will not be possible to hold Coffee & Co on Tuesdays.
• The car park will be open after 5.00pm on
weekdays and at weekends.
If you need access to the car park for health reasons to attend Mass during the week, please get in touch with the parish office. The builders’ compound will take up most of the space in front of the presbytery garden, so please park very carefully in the rest of the car park at weekend masses so that as many people as possible who want to park can do so. We will keep you up to date with any changes to these arrangements. Please keep watch for them. Arrangements for September will be announced in late August.
MONEY MATTERS
Please remember that the easiest way to ensure our income covers our costs is to GIFT AID your offertory, if you don’t already do so. It will immediately increase the value of your offertory by 25% at no cost to you, and we can backdate your claim by up to 4 years! Gift Aid forms are in the perspex ‘Money Matters’ leaflet stand on the second table as you enter the Narthex. Please complete one and return it to the presbytery.
• If you already make your offertory by standing order or direct debit, please complete the first part of the form.
• If you make your offertory by cash and wish to donate by standing order, please complete both parts of the form
• If you make your offertory by cash and wish to donate by direct debit, please complete the first part of the form. The parish bank account details are Nat West –
sort code 600611 and account number 46714634
• Alternatively, you can use the DONA machine and set up Gift Aid on the machine. If you aren’t sure if you have completed a Gift Aid form in the past, please email :-
parish.stteresapr@northamptondiocese.org , and
we will check our records.