St Teresa of the Child Jesus
Catholic Church
Princes Risborough
NOTICES
2026
Wednesday 25th March:
Reconciliation Service: 6.30 pm
Sunday 29th March:
Palm Sunday: 6.30 pm Sat/9.30 am Sun
Thursday 2nd April: Maundy Thursday
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7.00 pm
Friday 3rd April: Good Friday
The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord:
3.00pm
Saturday 4th April: Holy Saturday
The Easter Vigil: 7.00 pm
Sunday 5th April: Easter Sunday
The Resurrection of the Lord: Mass at
8.30 am & 10.00 am
CELEBRATING HOLY WEEK HERE AT ST TERESA’S:
Holy Week, the most sacred week in the Church’s year, begins on Palm Sunday and continues until Easter Sunday. During this most Holy Week, we celebrate the Paschal Mystery, the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ and his victorious resurrection. The celebrations of Holy Week are very beautiful and very rich in signs and symbols. I welcome all of you to these very prayerful and meaningful liturgies.
CHURCH CLEANING
We will be having a group cleaning session to prepare our beautiful church for Easter. After Mass on Wednesday 1st April at 10.30am. Please consider coming to help us, even for ½ an hour, it all helps. Many hands make light work. We look forward to seeing you there.
MAUNDY THURSDAY 7PM:
Mass of the Lord's Supper. Washing of the feet We need 12 people, male or female, young or old to have their foot washed. There is a signup sheet in the Narthex, don't be shy, please consider adding your name to the list in the Narthex.
CURRY NIGHT IS BACK! SATURDAY, 25TH APRIL –
in the Walsingham Hall after 6.30pm mass, fundraising for the fitting-out of our new parish community centre.
Guaranteed to beat the last of any winter chills! More
information to follow; tickets will be on sale shortly.
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
LENT SOUP LUNCHES:
Many thanks to all those who attended the soup lunches and particular thanks to the volunteers who provided the delicious soups each week. Funds raised for CAFOD from the lunches will be announced after Easter.
GOOD FRIDAY SECOND COLLECTION – HOLY LAND
On Good Friday, Catholic churches worldwide hold a special collection, the "Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land," to support the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, which preserves the Holy Places and aids Christians in the region.
EATER OFFERINGS.
The collections at the Easter weekend Masses are traditionally your gift to the Parish priest. Easter Offering envelopes are available in the narthex, or you can donate by using the Dona Machine for those who may be away over the Easter period, as well as all Parishioners and visitors over the Triduum. Please note that these offerings can now be gift-aided for the benefit of the Parish. Please
complete the Gift Aid declaration form provided with the envelope.
EMMAUS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Our Bereavement Support Group will meet again on Sunday, 29th March, 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
ENCOUNTER AYLESBURY-MARCH 2026
HOSTED BY MISSION NORTHAMPTON
A RETREAT DAY ON SATURDAY 28TH MARCH
10.00AM-5.00PM
OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH HALL, 69
CAMBOURNE AVENUE, AYLESBURY. HP21 7UE.
Parking available on site. The cost of £15 includes lunch and unlimited tea and coffee. Please advise us when booking if you have any food allergies or intolerances on
admin.mission@northamptondiocese.org ‘Encounter’ enables participants to deepen their relationship with God and discover a renewed desire to share their faith with others. It is not so much a course as an experience of the reality of God’s love, since it provides the opportunity for a
personal encounter with the risen Jesus and to receive a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit. During ‘Encounter’, the Good News of Jesus is reexplored through lively and engaging presentations based on the Word of God, prayer
and music, as well as times of reflection and sharing.
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.