St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Catholic Church
Princes Risborough
NOTICES
PARISH SUMMER BBQ – SAVE THE DATE!
With raffle and plant sale - Sunday 19th July.
EMMAUS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Our Bereavement Support Group will meet again on Sunday, 28th June, 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
LIGHTHOUSE QUIZ NIGHT 2026
Thank you to everyone who supported the Quiz Night in any way. The final total amounted to £1662.
CAFOD SPONSORED WALK:
A big thank you to everyone who joined in last Saturday’s 10k sponsored walk. The weather was ideal, and our local countryside was at its best. Our sincere thanks, also, to all our sponsors for their most generous support. Sponsorship money and any further donations will be collected in the narthex after this weekend’s masses. (cash or via the card
reader.) We will let you know the final amount raised.
CALLED & EQUIPPED 2026-27
Want to go deeper in your faith? Is now the time to take the next step? Our yearlong 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. Sign up to our introductory webinar on Wednesday 24th June, 7:30-8:30pm:
https://northamptondiocese.org/called-equipped/
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
or visit
Job Opportunity – Deputy Warden – St Scholastica’s Retreat, Princes Risborough:
The Trustees of St Scholastica’s Retreat invite applications for the position of Deputy Warden at this long-established almshouse charity, which provides sheltered housing for Catholics aged 60 and over. This is a part-time role offering a competitive salary and on-site accommodation. The Deputy Warden provides cover for the Warden two days per week and for five weeks per year during holiday periods. Responsibilities include a range of administrative duties, supporting the wellbeing of residents and ensuring the safe running of the community building.
For a full job description and details on how to apply, please contact the Warden:
Email: stscholasticasretreat@outlook.com or website stscholasticasretreat.org.uk
COMMUNITY CENTRE UPDATE
Work towards beginning construction on our new Community Centre continues to move forward positively. The Diocese has now formally approved
the project, and we are finalising the last details with the builder. Once these are agreed, we expect to sign the contract within the next two weeks. As part of the planning requirements, we have paid the biodiversity fee and purchased rewilding units at Woodoaks Farm in Rickmansworth (https://woodoaksfarm.com/.
Parishioners are warmly encouraged to visit the farm. We have also provided the planners with full details of the external materials for the new building to ensure they complement our church, which sits within the town’s conservation area. In addition, we have submitted our first funding application to help close the remaining financial gap. You are invited to view the plans for our long-awaited new building— designed to be fully accessible and a wonderful resource for the whole parish. The plans will be on display after Mass on July 4th and 5th, along with
information on how you can support the project.
We also need your help choosing a name for the new
centre. Should it honour Alan Turner, who organised the first Catholic prayer service in Princes Risborough in 1922 and the first Mass since the Reformation in 1923? Or Fr. Dreves, our first parish priest and the builder of this beautiful church? These are just two of the suggestions already received—please keep your ideas coming. With everything progressing well, you can almost hear the diggers warming up for their arrival in late July.
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.