St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Catholic Church
Princes Risborough
NOTICES
Dates for your diary more details soon!
CAFOD Sponsored Walk
Saturday morning, June 13th
Parish Summer BBQ
With raffle and plant sale - Sunday 19th July.
RELICS OF ST EDMUND CAMPION
Knights of St Columba 2026 Pilgrimage in Honour of St Edmund Campion The Relic of St Edmund Campion will be carried in pilgrimage to Tyburn, resting overnight at churches
along the way. The Relics will arrive at St Teresa’s on Wednesday, 3rd June, with Mass at the usual time of 10.00am.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
On Sunday, 7th June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, five of our young parishioners will celebrate their First Holy Communion during the 9.30am Mass. This is a joyful milestone in their journey of faith, and we invite you to join us in supporting them on this special day. Please keep the children and their families in your prayers. After Mass, everyone is warmly welcome to gather in the Clubroom for refreshments.
PASTORAL AREA COUNCIL MEETING
1st June 7.00pm - the Pastoral Area Council of St John Fisher - of which we are a part, along with Aylesbury,
Haddenham, Long Crendon and Wendover churches, is having its next meeting here at St Teresa's in the Clubroom on Monday evening. If you are interested in coming along, please join us. This meeting is where all the parishes share what they are working on to support our communities, and it is a great source of advice and encouragement. This meeting coincides with our own parish meeting, which is scheduled for 8th June at 7.00pm in the Clubroom. Again, Everyone is welcome to attend at the parish level too.
PARISH MISSION MEETING
8th June 7pm Clubroom - our next Parish meeting (MISSION) is taking place this coming Monday. Please come and join us to hear what is going on, offer support or ideas and help build our parish community. Everyone is invited and will be made
welcome.
CALLED & EQUIPPED 2026-27
Do you want to go deeper in your faith? Is now the time to take the next step? Our year long Called & Equipped discipleship course begins this September again, offering a foundation in
Catholic teaching and a journey of faith formation, with a like-minded community. This course is for anyone active in parish life or coming into ministry. Find out more here:
https://northamptondiocese.org/called-equipped/
Or sign up for one of our introductory webinars on:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/northampton
diocese
LIGHTHOUSE QUIZ NIGHT –
Saturday 6th June 2026, St. Mary’s Church, Princes Risborough – prompt 7:30 pm start, cost £5, Teams of up to 8 people, a raffle and heads and tails game. Bring your own drinks and nibbles, no red wine as it stains the floor. Prizes for the winning team. To book a table, please contact Jamie Carter on 01844 273286 (booking essential).
If you would like to come and are not part of a team, please contact Jamie, and you can be sorted into one. Offers of raffle prizes appreciated. Please contact Jamie if you would like to donate one. Please bring cash on the night as we will not have any other payment facilities. Thank you.
Job Opportunity – Deputy Warden – St Scholastica’s Retreat:
Competitive Salary and accommodation onsite in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The Trustees are seeking to appoint a Deputy Warden for this alms house charity, which provides sheltered housing for Catholics aged 60 or over. The role provides cover for the Warden two days a week and five weeks a year whilst the Warden is on holiday and includes administrative duties. To request a job description and further details about how to apply, please contact the Warden stscholasticasretreat@outlook.com or stscholasticasretreat.org.uk
PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM
Diocese of Northampton Pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Shrine, Walsingham. Saturday 13th June 2026
For more info, email:
deaconmichael.fleming@northamptondiocese.org
St Teresa's is on Facebook!
If you would like to join our Facebook group e mail StTeresasParish@groups.facebook.com
or visit
CAFOD SPONSORED WALK
Cafod group will be doing a sponsored 10K walk on Saturday, 13th June, starting from the church car park at 10.00am and returning about 12.00pm to the Clubroom for refreshments. Please come and join us for the walk, or join us afterwards for refreshments. We would also appreciate your support by
sponsoring us.
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.
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 43714634
• 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.
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.